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17 Nov, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Day 2 of #USCCB2 is about to begin. I'll be your livetweeting host as we get started.
+Vigneron begins with prayer.
On today's schedule, the results of the votes on budget, strategic plan, and ad hoc committee against racism will be announced, the bishops will have open discussions on racism and the pandemic, and Msgr. Brian Bransfield, outgoing general secretary, will offer an address.
Votes now being announced by Msgr Bransfield.

Budget passes 193-1, 4 abstain

2021- 2024 Strategic plan passes 193-3, 2 abstain

Reauthorization of the ad hoc committee against racism for three years passes 194-3, 1 abstain

#USCCB20
Archbishop Coakley will now present on the coronavirus pandemic, and then there will be a discussion thereof. I'm going to start a new thread for that discussion.

#USCCB20

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JD Flynn Profile picture
18 Nov
The Church's communion is a communio of faith, governance, and sacraments.

We worship God together, profess one creed, and submit to the authority of that Church.

I have rarely been in a Catholic context in which that communion isn't strained.

But that shouldn't surprise us.
Each baptized person is tempted in different ways, is disordered in different ways, is flawed, broken, or malformed in different ways.

We each need God's sanctifying grace and abundant mercy in a way particular to our own brokenness.
And each of our sins is an obstacle to ecclesial communion.

So throw us into engagement w/ each other, and it's going to be a real freak show, to use a theological term.

The critical question is whether there's a common commitment to ecclesial communion, and how to get there
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17 Nov
Bishops who spent two afternoons discussing McCarrick Report, systemic racism in the U.S., and pandemic are being criticized for... for prioritizing abortion over those things after saying for two minutes that a Catholic president who supports abortion poses challenges?
It's not that I'm surprised, it's just that I'm always incredulous.
But don't worry! The bishops are also being criticized by the very same people who have been calling for them to say something like this, since, after all, they didn't say it on the timetable demanded by the twitterati.
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17 Nov
+Gomez at USCCB20:

Chairman of committees have expressed concern in the wake of the election.
Gomez:

We are facing a unique moment in our history. The president-elect professes the Catholic faith-- he has given us reason to think he will support some good policies, but also some that are at odds with our preeminent priority of the elimination of abortion.
+Gomez:

Those policies present challenges to the common good and confusion to the Catholic faithful.

This is a difficult and complex situation. Initiating a working group to address this. Will provide more information shortly
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17 Nov
+Gomez at USCCB: Msgr Bransfield has served the USCCB generously for 13 years. He has been General Secretary and other positions. Our heartfelt thanks.
Msgr. Bransfield:
A couple of years ago, my cell phone rang and it Fr. Steve Dougherty. He had been my pastor, a seminary professor, and was my friend.

#USCCB20
Msgr. Bransfield:

I was late, and didn't know if I should answer, I didn't have time. Why did I answer?
"Hi Steve, how are you?"
"Brian, I'm dying."

My body stopped, my mind froze. The raw immediacy of those words struck hard.

#USCCB20
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17 Nov
At #USCCB20, bishops will now discuss racism.

+Fabre, chair of ad hoc committee against racism, will initiate discussion.
Yesterday, I spelled His Excellency's name incorrectly, several times. I apologize to His Excellency, and to you, dear reader.

The proper spelling is Shelton Fabre.
+Fabre: Racially-related events of the last summer confirm the truth of "Open Wide Our Hearts," the USCCB's 2018 pastoral letter on racism.
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17 Nov
At #USCCB20, +Coakley, chairman of domestic justice and homan development committee, presenting on coronavirus pandemic.
*human
#USCCB20 on pandemic:

+Coakley- bishops have advocated for the poor, the marginalized, elderly people, for Catholic schools and charities, for prisoners, and others impacted by crisis.

conference presses for "urgent relief that affects millions."
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