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Glendon to receive 2018 Evangelium Vitae Medal from Notre Dame center
The recipient is announced annually on Respect Life Sunday, which this year was Oct. 1. The award, comprised of a specially commissioned medal and $10,000 prize, will be presented at a Mass and banquet April 28 at Notre Dame.
Bishop urges U.S. to remain party to Iran nuclear deal
Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces, New Mexico, said in a letter Oct. 3 to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that the so-called P5+1 agreement with Iran is crucial if negotiations with North Korean officials have any chance of occurring.
Panel: Efforts to protect life at all stages has never been more important
Stories from the lived experience of the speakers took the place of policy discussions during Georgetown University's first "Lives Worthy of Respect" conference Oct. 2.
Pennsylvanian sees making of a saint in Italian friend’s faith, sacrifice
"There was something different about Chiara," a young Italian woman who befriended Jennifer Pellegrine of Altoona, Pa., during a student trip to Rome. Now because of Chiara's courageous choice for life, she's being mentioned as a saint.
Las Vegas Catholic churches, schools respond to shooting with prayers
UPDATED - "Many of our students' family members work in the hotels on the Strip so obviously there was a lot of concern when we started hearing of the horrible events that were occurring on Sunday evening," said Viatorian Brother Rob Robertson, a school counselor.
Do not let hate, violence ‘have the last word,’ says Las Vegas bishop
At an emotional interfaith prayer service at Guardian Angel Cathedral, Las Vegas Bishop Joseph A. Pepe told those filling the pews Oct. 2 that "in the face of tragedy we need each other."
Forty Catholic institutions plan to divest from fossil fuels
The organizations cited the call of Pope Francis in his 2015 encyclical, "Laudato Si', to take steps to protect the environment as well as the importance of making investments that lead to a carbon-neutral economy in an effort to address climate change.
Rev. King’s words on nonviolence need to be lived today, speakers say
Sixty years ago the civil rights leader laid out his principles for acting nonviolently to seek change. Society today needs "to stop making excuses and commit to nonviolence,” said the Catholic bishop leading the Committee Against Racism.
America needs ‘new sense of our common humanity,’ says Red Mass homilist
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez on Oct. 1 asked the Supreme Court justices, government officials, lawyers and other members of the judiciary gathered at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington to renew a commitment to a government that "serves the human person."
Once abandoned himself, Kenyan man now shelters thousands of kids
Abandoned by his family when he was 6 years old, he went on to become a successful businessman and then founder of Mully Children's Family, which offers shelter to children who themselves have been abandoned.