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Before Thanksgiving, Miami parish makes pilgrimage to hurricane zone
Moved by their own good fortune at dodging recent hurricanes, a Miami community expressed their gratitude by sending a convoy of volunteers and donations to Hurricane Michael’s ground zero in the state's panhandle region in time for Thanksgiving.
Iowa bishop says diocese never tried to cover up abuse by former priest
Bishop R. Walker Nickless of Sioux City acknowledged the consternation and sadness of the faithful when details concerning the news of decades of sexual abuse of adolescents by a former diocesan priest surfaced in late October.
Huge Catholic-run food pantry creates Thanksgiving blessing for the poor
The Indianapolis Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul leaders host what they believe to be the largest food pantry in the Midwest, if not in the country, giving out groceries to 3,000 families each week.
Victims of violence at Chicago hospital, St. Louis store mourned
A gunman opened fire at a Chicago Catholic hospital Nov. 19, setting off a frantic scene that ended with three victims killed and the assailant dead. The same day in suburban St. Louis, another gunman entered a Catholic goods store, sexually assaulted several women and shot one of them.
Lumen Christi Award winner has spent life as a religious serving poor
Sister Marie-Paule Willem, a Franciscan Missionary of Mary, who has been serving the poor in the U.S. and around the world for more than 60 years, will receive the 2018-2019 Lumen Christi Award from Catholic Extension.
Ohio House passes bill to ban abortion after heartbeat of unborn detected
In addition to prohibiting abortion after the heartbeat is detected, H.B. 258 applies penalties to physicians violating this prohibition; allows for civil actions related to the "wrongful death of an unborn child."
Reading of edict at Mass opens canonization cause for Sister Thea Bowman
The church was packed with people who loved Sister Bowman and can't wait to see her become a saint.
Sister Thea Bowman encouraged others to stand up for their rights
Sister Thea Bowman, a trailblazing African-American sister who was the first and only black nun in her religious congregation and the first black woman to address the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, continues to inspire members of her order and others she touched throughout her life.
Scalia, Staubach among seven who receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia and former NFL quarterback Roger Staubach, both devout Catholics, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in a White House ceremony.
Bishop calls for greater lay role in church, including abuse probes
Catholics of the Jefferson City Diocese in Missouri read a fiery letter by Bishop Shawn McKnight blasting fellow bishops to reveal what they know of Archbishop McCarrick: "Be men, not cowards, and come clean on your own!"