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Huge Catholic-run food pantry creates Thanksgiving blessing for the poor
The Indianapolis Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul leaders host what they believe to be the largest food pantry in the Midwest, if not in the country, giving out groceries to 3,000 families each week.
Victims of violence at Chicago hospital, St. Louis store mourned
A gunman opened fire at a Chicago Catholic hospital Nov. 19, setting off a frantic scene that ended with three victims killed and the assailant dead. The same day in suburban St. Louis, another gunman entered a Catholic goods store, sexually assaulted several women and shot one of them.
Berlin Archdiocese hosts banquet for the poor
In honor of World Day of the Poor, Archbishop Heiner Koch opened the doors of the cathedral on Sunday at noon to an estimated 300 guests and 140 helpers from local parishes, including needy, ill, elderly and homeless people.
Lumen Christi Award winner has spent life as a religious serving poor
Sister Marie-Paule Willem, a Franciscan Missionary of Mary, who has been serving the poor in the U.S. and around the world for more than 60 years, will receive the 2018-2019 Lumen Christi Award from Catholic Extension.
Simple Christians: Ordinary Trappist martyrs gave extraordinary witness
Seven Trappist monks of the monastery were murdered in 1996 by the members of the Armed Islamic Group. They will be beatified Dec. 8 in Oran, Algeria.
Back in the black: Church finances turn historic corner
For the first time in six years, a new word has appeared in an annual assessment of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s finances: surplus. It is small, at $1.3 million, but part of a broader financial turnaround.
Bishops in Sudan, South Sudan tell citizens only they can build peace
"You have a vital role to work for peace in the way you think, talk and act. We appeal to you to tune down your unhelpful rhetoric on social media," which sometimes includes "insults and incitement of hatred," the bishops said.
Cardinal makes ‘urgent call’ to combat antibiotic overuse, misuse
World Antibiotics Awareness Week, which took place Nov. 12-18 this year, aims to "increase global awareness of antibiotic resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policymakers to avoid the further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance.
Pope changes date of World Day of Migrants and Refugees to September
While the 2018 World Day of Migrants and Refugees was celebrated Jan. 14, in 2019 it will be celebrated Sept. 29, also the feast of the archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.
Ohio House passes bill to ban abortion after heartbeat of unborn detected
In addition to prohibiting abortion after the heartbeat is detected, H.B. 258 applies penalties to physicians violating this prohibition; allows for civil actions related to the "wrongful death of an unborn child."