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Chicago clergy join Catholic Extension at border to see migrants’ plight
The July 11-13 trip to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and Mexico allowed the priests to meet with people being served by Catholic-run centers and parishes.
Cardinal faces new allegation; editorials take church to task
Just after three leading national Catholic publications called for the church to break down a "wall of secrecy" about clergy sexual abuse, a man recounted 20 years of abuse by retired Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
Simple act of providing jugs of water in desert prevents migrant deaths
Christian volunteers carry water, food, emergency medical supplies, communication equipment and maps out to the desert daily to help people who are crossing the landscape in southern Arizona.
Cardinal calls all to pray Supreme Court will move to protect life in law
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan called for a national prayer campaign effort that "the change in the U.S. Supreme Court will move our nation closer to the day when every human being is protected in law and welcomed in life."
CRS student ambassadors stress importance of human dignity to Congress
Preserving current spending levels for disaster relief, health care, nutrition, anti-human trafficking efforts, migration and refugee assistance is a major priority of Catholic Relief Services and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
50 years later, deacons not fully understood but fully appreciated
As of 2017, there were 18,287 permanent deacons in the United States, compared to 37,181 ordained priests. About 40 percent of all permanent deacons worldwide are in the U.S.
‘Playing on God’s Team’ is theme of event for Green Bay’s deaf community
Faith and football were the focus of a daylong event July 7 for the Diocese of Green Bay's Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.
Texas bishops join event to support migrants, highlight church teaching
An interfaith procession in El Paso on July 20 will be joined by faith leaders from the Presbyterian, Unitarian, Lutheran, Muslim, Baha'i and indigenous Tigua traditions.
Parish hosts Bishop’s Bike Ride as cycling send-off for event across Iowa
The July 6 ride served as a cycling send-off for Davenport Bishop Thomas R. Zinkula, spiritual director of the "Pedaling to the Peripheries" team for the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa.
Alvare: Society needs church’s ‘gorgeous prescriptions for human love’
Effective Catholic communication needs to meet people where they are and it must discard "church talk," arcane terms such as "procreative and unitive," Helen Alvare said at the Napa Institute conference.