USCCB General Assembly: Abp. Kurtz calls for 'pastor's presence,' fight for freedoms

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BALTIMORE — In the face of “the heartbreaking crises and challenges in our world,” Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., called on his fellow bishops Nov. 16 to imitate the “pastor's presence” exhibited by Pope Francis during his recent U.S. visit, “touching the hearts of the most influential, the forgotten and all of us in between.”

The talk by the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened the annual USCCB fall general assembly in Baltimore, which was to include discussion of political responsibility, religious freedom, pornography and other topics.

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