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In op-ed, border bishop pleads for TPS leniency for sake of children
In a Jan. 2 opinion piece, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, said he worries for families in which some members are U.S. citizens and others have a less permanent immigration status.
Arctic plunge challenges charitable agencies to keep people warm
The brutally cold weather covering the eastern two-thirds of the country at the start of 2018 kept Catholic agencies scurrying to find ways to make sure no one was left without warm shelter and hot meals.
Sister who was inspiration for ‘The Trouble With Angels’ character dies
A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 2 for Dominican Sister John Eudes Courtney, who spent 68 years in religious life. Sister Courtney died Dec. 22 at age 95 at the Sinsinawa Dominicans' motherhouse in Sinsinawa.
Postulator: Religious killed in Algeria will be recognized as martyrs
A bishop, seven Trappist monks and 11 other religious men and women killed by extremists in Algeria in the 1990s will soon be recognized as martyrs, the postulator for their causes said.
From the archives: Trappist monk left letter anticipating violent death
Trappist Father Christian-Marie de Cherge, one of seven monks slain by Islamic terrorists in Algeria in 1996, left a letter that anticipated he would be assassinated. See its full text here.
Grant helps Alverno College translate religious life blog into Spanish
A recent stint translating blogs from English to Spanish on Alverno College's SisterStory website gave graduate Sarai Melendez a lesson in religious life.
Bishops in Kazakhstan say no Communion for divorced, remarried Catholics
In Kazakhstan, "divorced people living with someone else would not dare ask for holy Communion because they know they are living in a situation of sin. It would be blasphemy," said Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana.
Sound of music: Vatican offers ordinary choirs extraordinary venues
Chris Hubbard said he wanted the children, teens and adults he taught or directed "to branch out, experience music in a different light and use the gifts given to us."
Archbishop Chaput mourns death of the Mormons’ president
The archbishop joined the president of the U.S. Catholic bishops in offering condolences on the death of Thomas Monson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Monson, 90, died Jan. 2.
Jesuits denounce threats against outspoken Honduran priest, activists
"This is an attempt to create terror in the people as a strategy to demobilize them," said the statement, signed by Father Roberto Jaramillo, conference president. "