WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities has launched a campaign urging Catholics to write letters to pharmaceutical companies urging them to stop the use of abortion-derived cell lines in the development and testing of vaccines.
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Pope accepts resignation of bishop who heads Minnesota's Crookston Diocese
On: 4/13/2021, Maria Wiering, , In: NationST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner, 71, who has headed the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, since 2007. The pope also named retired Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, to serve as ...