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Traveling exhibit shines light on global refugee crisis
The exhibit, which ends in Philadelphia Nov. 13 aims to bring the plight of 60 million refugees closer to home by having participants walk -- if not a mile, then at least 10,000 square feet -- in a refugee's shoes.
Political discourse that demeans women, religion ‘must change,’ says US bishops’ head
A statement by USCCB president Archbishop Joseph Kurtz came at the end of a week of fallout over controversies involving the presidential campaigns of Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Conference focuses on fostering church leadership roles for laywomen
When Pope Francis called for "a more incisive female presence" in the church in his 2013 apostolic exhortation, "The Joy of the Gospel," women in the church took notice.
Longtime immigration reporter focuses on one teen in ‘Book of Isaias’
Connolly tracked the Mexican-born teenager throughout his senior year of high school in Memphis, Tennessee, and followed up at critical junctures in his life afterward.
Catholic groups urge physicians to support AMA code on assisted suicide
UPDATED - Two Catholic organizations are calling on physicians to urge the American Medical Association to maintain its current stance against physician-assisted suicide.
What role are life issues playing in this year’s presidential election?
How prominent a role have life issues -- abortion but also capital punishment and assisted suicide -- really played in the 2016 presidential elections?
Puerto Rican bishops call all voters to be discerning in Nov. 8 election
The bishops made the comments Oct. 6 in a 10-page statement about the election in light of the island's current economic conditions and its "new sociopolitical reality."
Letter asks Obama, Congress to disavow bias claim in commission report
The letter, dated Oct. 7 and released Oct. 12, was signed by 17 religious leaders, including two U.S. Catholic bishops.
Archbishop says special ‘Mass of Pardon’ aims to ‘unleash the Gospel’
The "Mass for Pardon" Oct. 7 at the cathedral is a step on the archdiocese's path to "unleash the Gospel," Archbishop Vigneron explained, saying how the Mass was a necessary step on the road to becoming a "band of joyful missionary disciples."
Archbishop leads rosary, eucharistic procession through city streets
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone led hundreds of Catholics praying the rosary through the streets of the city Oct. 8 in a eucharistic procession that wended past City Hall to United Nations Plaza.