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Catholic News Herald

Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina

NEWSOMEEveryone in heaven is dead.” That was the shocking statement made by the retreat master on a retreat I recently attended. He quickly added, “except for Jesus and Mary.”

ascikLast week, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Religious Liberty urged Catholics to oppose the “Respect for Marriage Act,” which passed a procedural vote in the U.S. Senate on Nov. 17 — and is up for final congressional votes this month.