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Catholics offer moral arguments to defuse ‘new nuclear arms race’
Nuclear disarmament advocates are ramping up efforts to preserve the last remaining nuclear arms control pact between the United States and Russia before it expires in February 2021.
Priest needs liver transplant; will a donor show up in time?
After years of working 16-hour days, Father John Mack of Buffalo was diagnosed with nonalcoholic cirrhosis. Celibate and without siblings, he's desperate for a donor.
Laity said to be key as county oversight of Minnesota archdiocese ends
Four years after they began supervising clerical abuse reforms, civil authorities said that progress has been made, but cautioned more needs to be done, with lay people taking the lead.
Catholic agencies disappointed by court’s order limiting immigrant aid
The Jan. 27 decision upholds a "public charge" rule that denies green cards to legal immigrants who rely on food stamps, Medicaid and housing vouchers. Advocates fear the policy will prevent access to "vital nutrition and housing assistance."
New Orleans Archdiocese denies NFL team helped hide abuse
The archdiocese dismissed as "outrageous" an AP story Jan. 24 that said the New Orleans Saints, owned by devout Catholics, allegedly helped the archdiocese with public relations damage control on sex abuse claims.
Local leaders, using Catholic social teaching, needed for true change
Catholics who see a need in their communities -- like preventing teen suicides -- must build grassroots relationships to achieve social justice, speakers at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering said.
National Pro-Life Summit draws 3,000 high school, college students
Seeking to end abortion in the U.S., organizers of the pro-life youth rally hailed the possibility of "the first post-Roe generation," called for political activity and touted Republican political figures.
Bryant relied on Catholic faith to cope in tough times
As the world mourned the loss of basketball great Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others killed in a helicopter crash Jan. 26, many recalled how Bryant, a Philadelphia native, credited his Catholic faith.
Peaceful spirit of pro-life marchers ‘quite amazing,’ says participant
Even though the March for Life appears unorganized at the start, it's an intensely polite and orderly experience despite its immense size. It's a pilgrimage in which "nobody was angry, nobody was ugly."
Protesters, counter-protesters square off at march
Before the March for Life Jan. 24, dozens of people on both sides of the abortion divide shared the same sidewalk and chanted conflicting slogans while holding up signs reflecting opposing points of view.