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Resist the ‘cold shadow’ of euthanasia, says Cardinal Collins
Speaking at the 39th annual Cardinal's Dinner in Toronto Nov. 8, the cardinal urged 1,600 attendees to fight attempts to expand Canada's euthanasia law to include minors.
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.
Modern martyrs show unity in Christ, pope and catholicos say
Appealing to the international community to help bring peace to Syria and Iraq, Pope Francis and Catholicos Gewargis III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also paid homage to the lands' persecuted Christians.
Pope to journalists: Counter resignation, evil with ethics, passion
Break through every "wall" of gloom and resignation and help the world realize people need to take care of one another because they are all part of one human family, Pope Francis told Catholic journalists.
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.
New policies needed to protect workers, says EU bishops’ commission
Politicians must act to assist workers as technology continues to transform jobs across Europe, said a committee of the European Union bishops' commission.
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.
Congolese bishops seek help for informal miners expelled from Angola
The bishops said they were alarmed by news of human rights violations by Angolan security forces and said the expulsion of "successive waves" threatened peace along the two countries' 1,300-mile border.