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Cardinal Joseph Tobin
U.S. bishops approve plan for guidance to health care institutions on transgender issues
By Lauretta Brown Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 16, 2023 / 16:05 pm The U.S. bishops voted Friday to move forward with a significant revision to their document offering guidance to Catholic health care institutions on the issue of transgender surgeries and hormone treatments, and their incompatibility with the Church’s teaching on sex and …
Confession must be part of talks on worthiness to receive Communion, Nuncio says
by Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Jul 28, 2021 / 17:05 pm The sacrament of confession must be part of the U.S. bishops’ discussions on worthiness to receive Communion, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States said on Wednesday. Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, said at …
Cardinal Tobin appointed member of Vatican’s highest court
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 21, 2021 / 09:00 am Pope Francis on Monday appointed 12 new members of the Vatican’s highest court, the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, including Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark. American Cardinal James Harvey, archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the …
Cardinal Tobin appointed member of Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Mar 4, 2021 / 10:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis on Thursday appointed the archbishop of Newark, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, a member of the Congregation for Bishops. Pope Francis also named Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha, archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, a member of …
Cardinal Tobin asks Trump for clemency in death row case
CNA Staff, Jul 9, 2020 / 03:00 pm MT (CNA).- Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark has joined several U.S. bishops in asking President Donald Trump to commute the death sentence of a federal inmate scheduled to be executed on July 17. Exercising clemency, the cardinal told the president, can help …
