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Sister Prejean tells how she ‘woke up’ to injustices nearly 40 years ago
Sister Helen Prejean, the well-known advocate for the abolition of the death penalty, was not always doing this work. It came out of her "waking up," as she put it, to capital punishment's injustice.
‘Grisly discovery’ of fetal remains at abortionist’s home sparks outrage
UPDATED - The Sept. 13 disclosure that the preserved remains of over 2,200 aborted babies had been found at the home of a recently deceased Indiana abortionist has spurred demands for a full investigation.
Real Presence of Christ not ‘opinion,’ but ‘foundational’
A bishop in Illinois criticized generations of insufficient teaching of core Catholic truths, such as the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. A recent survey found most Catholics in the U.S. do not believe that doctrine.
Church leaders, diplomats come together to pray for work of United Nations
Bishop Paul Hinder, apostolic vicar of Southern Arabia, told U.N. diplomats and other attendees at a New York prayer service Sept. 16 that "all of humanity is bound by a basic fraternity grounded in the God who has created us."
Massachusetts bishops urge ‘substantial’ steps to protect environment
Four Massachusetts Catholic bishops warned of environmental red flags documented by scientists and urged a change in behaviors in a Sept. 16 statement calling for substantial changes to safeguard creation.
Court: Christian artists can refuse to make invites for same-sex wedding
Arizona's Catholic bishops praised the state Supreme Court's Sept. 16 decision upholding the refusal by two Christian artists to create custom wedding invitations for same-sex couples based on their religious belief in marriage as being between one man and one woman.
Leaders hope compensation plan brings some healing, hope to survivors
A new private independent program set up to compensate victim-survivors of child sexual abuse by priests was rolled out Sept. 16 in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and five other participating Catholic dioceses in California.
Abuse crisis, leadership failure seen having impact on church giving
A Villanova University director and numerous lay Catholic experts and bishops identified soaring costs and reduced giving by Catholic faithful because of the clergy sexual abuse crisis and responses to it.
Panelists examine ‘human costs, moral implications’ of migration
Facing the challenge of the migration crisis will require actions taken up in solidarity with the more than 70 million migrants across the globe, said a speaker at a recent dialogue on immigration.
Clericalism at heart of crisis, says survivor, but its ‘day coming to end’
Vatican officials needed "a safeguarding policy" in place ages ago to prevent abuse and address it when it occurred, said Marie Collins, a clergy sexual abuse survivor from Ireland, speaking in Baltimore.