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Catholic New York newspaper to fold this year
The Archdiocese of New York's paper will publish its final issue Nov. 17, with a new digital outlet to unveil in late 2022 or early 2023. All 13 employees will be let go.
‘Warriors to Lourdes’ make prayer kits for Ukrainian soldiers
Some 175 U.S. active-duty military personnel and veterans on a pilgrimage to Mary's shrine at Lourdes, France made and shipped 3,000 kits to active-duty and injured Ukrainian soldiers.
What do Americans think about abortion? It’s complicated
With all the developments on abortion and polling of it over 50 years, Gallup finds that support for legal abortion has gone up all of 1%, and opposition is down by the same 1% -- with complex factors in between.
Asian American Catholic woman takes pride in culture’s overlooked saints
Sarah Hoyoung Ku, a Korean American and Catholic convert, and her Chinese American husband found few religious images of their Asian heritage for themselves and their five children, so she started an Instagram account to change that.
Biden administration defends giving migrant children baby formula
A White House spokesperson pointed to a 1997 law that requires the government to provide water, food as appropriate and other standards of care to immigrant children in government custody.
Ukrainians ‘have made the Bible come alive’ for world, says archbishop
In resisting the Russian invasion, Ukrainians demonstrate how "no one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends," Archbishop Borys Gudziak told Notre Dame University graduates.
Catholic leaders condemn racist shooting in Buffalo
U.S. Catholic bishops expressed sorrow and called out racism and gun violence after the May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead -- a crime authorities say was motivated by hatred for Black people.
Minnesota Catholics view church’s role in Indian boarding schools
Among Native Americans, including Catholics, seeking information in order to understand the history of the boarding school era and its abuses is seen as the first step toward healing and justice.
Report identifies abuses of Native American children
Hundreds of boarding schools supported by the U.S. government for 150 years sought to forcefully assimilate tens of thousands of Indigenous children into white society, said an Interior Department report.
Beatification near for founder of Society for the Propagation of the Faith
Two hundred years ago a young and rich French woman, Pauline Jaricot, founded the international association that aids Catholic missionary priests, brothers and nuns in mission areas. She will be beatified May 22.