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Joyful prayer, hard work, conga line produce plan for Hispanic life
Almost 180 delegates hailing from 11 archdioceses and dioceses came to Portland to share ideas that emerged from their love of God and their regional Encuentro process for Hispanic Catholic ministry.
‘Blessings’ of parish twinning, how to expand mission is conference focus
The program establishes long-term twinning relationships between Catholic parishes in the U.S. and parishes in Haiti and Latin America.
Gomez: ‘No more excuses’ for Congress’ failure to fix immigration system
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles called on Congress to "fix our broken immigration system" in his homily during the archdiocese's annual "Mass in Recognition of All Immigrants" June 24.
Bedouin tribesmen hopeless in face of village demolition by Israel
An Israeli court approved razing the Bedouins' crude structures to clear the way for expanding Israeli settlements. The 190 villagers, served by Catholic nuns, will be located to a Palestinian village on the edge of a garbage dump.
German bishops ignore pope’s request, resume Communion debate
The German bishops' conference said when the bishops meet in September, they will continue to examine the issue of Communion for Protestant spouses of Catholics.
‘Putting Mary everywhere’ goal of St. Veronica’s parishioners
The faithful filled the parish church and its chapel, St. Hugh's, with exuberant worship and energized the streets with prayer during a grand rosary procession last Sunday afternoon in North Philadelphia.
Jordan’s king honored for promoting a peaceful Islam, interfaith harmony
King Abdullah II of Jordan has been chosen as the 2018 Templeton Prize Laureate.
Life in Central America so bad that migrants risk trek to U.S.
Gangs in Honduras force young men to extort "war taxes" from ordinary people. It's one reason migrants are abandoning their countries, fleeing violence, poverty and farms stressed by the consequences of climate change.
High court rules against unions in dues case; USCCB had backed labor
UPDATED - By a 5-4 majority, the Supreme Court declared that one of its rulings from 1977 was "wrongly decided" and overruled it, in a case on whether public-sector unions could continue to make nonmembers pay fair-share fees.
Court upholds Trump’s travel ban, says directive within president’s scope
UPDATED - The court's much anticipated decision in the last case it heard this term reversed a series of lower court decisions that had struck down the ban as Illegal or unconstitutional.