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Ferguson business owner ‘overwhelmed by love, kindness, service’
Plywood covered the broken front windows of her restaurant, the back door served as the main entrance, and no diners appeared on this afternoon. Yet, Maria Flores counted her blessings.
Student says many welcomed church’s ‘safe space’ amid Ferguson turmoil
People are seeking an understanding of why race is such a contentious subject in St. Louis, wanting to get to the "underlying issue" of why it is "so embedded" in its history, said Laura Downing, a student at St. Louis University.
Knights send $2.2 million to assist Christian refugees in Iraq, Syria
The Knights of Columbus announced its Christian Refugee Relief Fund has donated $2.2 million to help displaced Iraqi and Syrian Christians and other religious minorities who continue to face violent persecution "and the very real prospect of extinction."
2014 brought a chance at change for millions of immigrants
The year 2014 brought potentially significant changes for millions of people who are in the United States illegally and either arrived here as minors or who have U.S. citizen or legal-resident children.
Mass, exhibit honor winners of national Christmas art contest
A special Mass Dec. 5 and an exhibit at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington celebrated the winners of the annual Christmas artwork contest sponsored by the Missionary Childhood Association.
Court hears arguments in Little Sisters of the Poor’s HHS appeal
Sister Loraine Marie Maguire said the U.S. government is forcing the nuns to choose between "our care for the elderly poor and our faith" by requiring the order to comply with the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate.
Breaking the streets-to-prison cycle via restorative justice
Reconciling victims and perpetrators of crimes regardless of the judicial outcome is a key aim in restorative justice. It may be the next big thing in a system featuring mandatory minimum sentences, "three strikes" laws and capital punishment.
America magazine, Yale chapel create new $25,000 literary prize
America, the national Catholic weekly magazine run by the Jesuits, and the St. Thomas More Chapel at Yale University, have announced the creation of the George W. Hunt Prize.
Police investigating vandalism at cathedral in downtown Anchorage
Police continued to investigate vandalism that occurred Dec. 2 at Holy Family Cathedral in downtown Anchorage.
N.Y. religious leaders ask for progress through peace
The day after a grand jury did not indict a New York police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner on Staten Island, a mostly-Catholic religious commission asked that protests arising from the matter remain peaceful.