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USCCB leader invites bishops to take up collection for storm recovery
Funds collected will support emergency aid and recovery efforts under Catholic Charities USA and pastoral and rebuilding support to the affected dioceses through the bishops' conference.
Court: Company can take sisters’ land to build natural gas pipeline
The Adorers of the Blood of Christ and other landowners in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, have lost their court case to keep a natural gas pipeline from being built on their property.
Texas parishioners shocked by devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey
With floodwater as high as 20 feet from swelling bayous and waterways, thousands of homes in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston flooded as Tropical Storm Harvey continued to batter southeast Texas Aug. 28.
South Carolina Encuentro seeks to integrate Hispanic/Latino cultures
With evangelization as its primary objective, a diocesan gathering of Hispanic Catholics turned to a landmark document from Pope Francis as the blueprint for its efforts.
War without end, amen: U.S. to increase troop presence in Afghanistan
Analysts debate how the new strategy of President Donald Trump, which he called for without a timetable, benchmarks of success or a definition of victory, will "overcome the many past barriers to success."
Peace and the just use of force
In light of the escalation of tensions between the United States and North Korea, Stephen M. Colecchi, director of the U.S. bishops' Office of International Justice and Peace, answered these questions about Catholic Church teaching and war.
Racism ‘remains pre-eminent sin of nation, church,’ says Brooklyn bishop
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn is forming a new commission to study the effects of racism in the Catholic Church and on the Brooklyn Diocese.
Catholic groups are mobilizing to help in Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath
Catholic dioceses and charities are quickly organizing to help in the aftermath of a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall with winds of 130 miles per hour late on Aug. 25 into the Rockport, Texas area, northeast of Corpus Christi.
Oklahoma set to welcome world for beatification of ‘ordinary’ native son
On Sept. 23, Oklahomans will get a front row seat to the beatification of Father Stanley Rother, an ordinary man from an ordinary town, who died extraordinarily as a martyr in Guatemala while serving in a mission.
‘We are with you,’ says Pence during Florida visit with Venezuelan exiles
Vice President Mike Pence met with members of the Venezuelan exile community, recent Venezuelan migrants, other local leaders and officials about the continuing devastation and unrest in in the country.