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Religious groups made effort to drive their flocks to midterm voting
Many religious groups were able to mobilize their flocks and form coalitions with other denominations around issues such as feeding the hungry, immigration and refugee resettlement.
Atlanta archbishop releases list of credibly accused priests
In releasing a list Nov. 6 of the names of 15 priests, seminarians, and those under direct authority of a religious order "credibly" accused of sexual abuse of a minor, Archbishop Gregory expressed profound sorry, and renewed an apology for the damage abuse has done to "young lives," and families.
Kavanaugh could be deciding vote in Supreme Court death penalty case
The latest death penalty case to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court was not about if a death-row prisoner should be executed, but how.
Archbishop praises West Virginians for ending taxpayer funding of abortion
Voters Nov. 6 approved Amendment 1, which adds to the state constitution: "Nothing in this constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion."
Years in gulag helped make Ukrainian dissident a Catholic
Few dissidents who were exiled to gulags, the labor camps run by the Soviet Union, would think of them as pleasant experiences.
Bishop tells court Plowshares action is rooted in Catholic teaching
Testifying as an expert witness on behalf of the Kings Bay Plowshares activists, Bishop Joseph R. Kopacz said their actions were consistent with long-standing Catholic teaching about the sinfulness of nuclear weapons.
Nashville Diocese releases list of 13 former priests accused of sex abuse
Of the 13, nine are dead and two are in prison. None are in active ministry.
U.S. appeals court: Trump can’t end DACA program
A federal appeals court ruled Nov. 8 in favor of keeping in place the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, rejecting the Trump administration's efforts to end it.
Guam’s Agana Archdiocese to file bankruptcy, reorganize under Chapter 11
"The bankruptcy process will allow all abuse claimants to have their claims resolved in a process that will also allow the archdiocese to continue its mission to the Catholic community," Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes said in a statement.
Archbishop Gomez: ‘Pray hard’ for all affected by California shooting
UPDATED - Thirteen people, including the suspected gunman and a 29-year veteran of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department, died in shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill on what was college night, with lessons on country two-step dancing.