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Mass, ceremony mark 100th anniversary of World War I’s end
More than 300 people prayed in Washington as the archbishop for the Military Services said the gathering was not to "assign blame, look at causes or rejoice in victory," but to give thanks and beg God for peace.
Maryland pilgrims walk 50 miles ‘in penance and prayer’ for priesthood
Pilgrims arrived the day in Baltimore before the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened its fall assembly there Nov. 12-14. The clergy sexual abuse crisis, which precipitated the pilgrimage, topped the bishops' agenda.
San Francisco Catholics host Mass for the homeless, pray for deceased
Up to 7,500 residents of the city are homeless, and mortality is up to nine times higher among chronically homeless people, whose life expectancy is 25 years shorter than among the general population.
Final HHS rule confirms religious exemption to contraceptive mandate
The move allows "those with sincerely held religious or moral convictions opposing abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and contraception to exclude such drugs and devices from their health plans," said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo.
Quebec churches to ring bells to mark 100th anniversary of end of WWI
The gesture of solidarity comes as many voices call on the Catholic Church to question its old theory of the "just war."
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.
Is China’s targeting of Catholics pushback from low-level party officials?
Although China and the Vatican signed a provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops in September, persecution of Chinese Catholics continues.
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."