Man Crashes into Ocala Parish and Starts Fire

July 15, 2020

PHOTO: Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala, Fla., is seen July 13, 2020, after it was set ablaze by a suspect who drove his… Read More

USCCB Chairmen Welcome Supreme Court Decision Preserving the Religious Liberty of Little Sisters

July 8, 2020

PHOTO: In this 2016 file photo, Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, mother provincial of the Denver-based Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to the media outside… Read More

USCCB Chairmen Praise Supreme Court Decision Recognizing the Right of the Church to Choose Its Own Leaders

July 8, 2020

PHOTO: Demonstrators in Washington hold a large cross outside the U.S. Supreme Court July 8, 2020. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters) WASHINGTON –The Supreme Court of… Read More

Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops Statement on Recent Abortion Law

July 2, 2020

The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops thanks Governor Ron DeSantis for signing into law today SB 404, a bill that requires parental consent before a… Read More

Bishop Chairman Calls on Administration to Reverse Course on Federal Executions

July 2, 2020

Following the U.S. Attorney General’s decision to set new federal execution dates for four federal death row inmates beginning July 13, 2020, and the decision… Read More

Recent Supreme Court Decision Supports Religious Liberty

July 2, 2020

PHOTO: Montana resident Kendra Espinoza, a key plaintiff in a religious rights case involving school choice, poses for a photo in front of the U.S. Read More

U.S. Bishops Respond to SCOTUS Decision on Abortion

June 29, 2020

On Monday, June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision in an abortion case out of Louisiana, June Medical Services v. Read More

U.S. Bishops Welcome Supreme Court Decision on DACA

June 29, 2020

On Thursday, June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion preventing the Trump Administration from terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Read More

Bishop Urges Compassion on World Refugee Day

June 19, 2020

First observed 20 years ago, World Refugee Day is celebrated around the world on June 20. According to a recent news release from U.S. Read More

Diocese Celebrates Local Ordination and Universal Sanctification of Priests

June 17, 2020

This year, the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests will be celebrated Friday, June 19, just one day before the ordination of… Read More