New Program to Report Sexual Misconduct Involving U.S. Bishops Launched  Hartford – In May 2019, Pope Francis released his apostolic letter, Vos estis lux mundi (“You are the light of the world”) to address the issue of sexual abuse and bishop accountability in the global Catholic Church. Vos estis calls upon the metropolitan archbishops [...]

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To view the document Moral Reflections on Vaccines Prepared from Cells Derived from Aborted Human Fetuses from the Pontifical Academy for Life, please click here.

A volume of the rare Saint John’s Bible – the first handwritten and hand-illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine monastery since the invention of the printing press in the 15th century – is currently on display for archdiocesan employees at St. Thomas Chapel at the Pastoral Center in Bloomfield. The Saint [...]

From the Office of Divine Worship On September 30, 2019, Pope Francis established the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, celebrated yearly between January 21-27, to be observed as the “Sunday of the Word of God.” The Holy Father’s initiative seeks to continually foster the Church’s love of Sacred Scripture while strengthening its efforts in [...]

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On the First Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2019, Pope Francis presented to all the faithful an Apostolic Letter on the meaning and importance of the nativity scene. The title is  "Admirabile signum" (The enchanting image"). He begins, "The enchanting image of the Christmas crèche, so dear to the Christian people, never ceases to [...]