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Catholic advocates critical of Trump’s order to review Clean Power Plan
UPDATED - The advocates said that reversing any effort that reduces greenhouse gas pollution endangers the planet and puts the world's most vulnerable people at risk because of climate change.
Catholics urged to be open to Christ’s miraculous power to transform
Drawing on the imagery of the empty jars at the wedding feast at Cana, Archbishop Christophe Pierre challenged Catholics at the 2017 Florida Eucharistic Congress to identify what is missing from their lives and ask Jesus to transform them as he did water to wine.
‘Homeboy’ priest to receive Notre Dame’s top honor
Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, who started a social enterprise in Los Angeles to help young people avert a life of gangs, drug abuse and street violence, will receive the University of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal.
After ‘intense debate,’ Hawaii lawmakers vote to defer suicide bill
The move by the seven-member committee essentially means no further action will be taken on the measure this session.
Four-year ‘encuentro’ process begins in the U.S.
In Spanish, the word "encuentro" means encounter and in the modern church in the U.S., it refers to a series of meetings that will take place over the next four years aimed at getting to know Latinos and producing more involvement in the church of its second largest and fastest growing community.
Author: Christians need ‘some distance’ between them, ‘chaotic mainstream’
Author Rod Dreher's critics call him an "alarmist" for proposing that Christians today "put some distance" between themselves and "the chaotic mainstream," or Christianity will not survive. Those critics are right, he said.
Health care bill lacked input from those who care for sick
Catholic health care professionals and US bishops expressed serious concerns about the Obamacare replacement bill, which was withdrawn from a vote by House Republicans March 24.
Senate Democrats plan to filibuster Gorsuch’s nomination to high court
Judge Neil Gorsuch's bid for Supreme Court justice will need 60 votes to be confirmed by the Senate, and with only 52 Republicans, this would be unlikely. He testified that he accepts the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion "as the law of the land."
‘We don’t have ulterior motives,’ bishop tells top U.S. diplomat
New Mexico Bishop Oscar Cantu met with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for a policy-packed conversation about immigration, the Middle East, Africa and the Catholic Church's efforts toward building "the common good."
Family trumps fear for Minnesota refugee served by Catholic Charities
Suad Gele, 34, and her nine children are living in a two-story house in Minneapolis as they begin new lives in safety, far away from their war-torn homeland of Somalia.