Bishops approve new statement for Communion

For the texts of statements the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved at their fall meeting on:

• Iraq,
• "Married Love and the Gift of Life,"
• "Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual
    Inclination: Guidelines for Pastoral Care,"
    and
• "Happy Are Those Who Are Called to His
    Supper: On Preparing to Receive Christ
    Worthily in the Eucharist,"

go to www.usccb.org/bishops/index.shtml.

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