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Catholic official: Bangladesh should apologize to India for nun’s rape
Theophil Nokrek, secretary of the Bangladeshi bishops' justice and peace commission, spoke Nov. 7 after a local court in Kolkata, India, convicted Nazrul Islam of raping the nun at her Convent of Jesus and Mary in Ranaghat March 14, 2015.
Q&A with Good Shepherd Sister after she visited her hometown in Syria
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CNS) — Good Shepherd Sister Monique Tarabeh’s visit home in July and August was gut-wrenching. Sister Tarabeh grew up in Damascus, Syria, and her family still lives there, despite the civil war that started in 2011. The conflict has killed hundreds of thousands of people and forced millions to flee to safety […]
Montreal rectory becomes transition center for asylum seekers
The Archdiocese of Montreal calls the new center Le Pont (The Bridge). In the rectory halls, residents hear the contagious laughter of Alessandra Santopadre, head of the refugee sponsorship program for the Archdiocese of Montreal.
Advocates decry Homeland Security’s TPS decision for Nicaraguans
UPDATED - Immigration advocates decried a Department of Homeland Security decision to end Temporary Protected Status for 2,500 Nicaraguans who have been living in the United States for nearly 20 years.
Refugees need education, jobs, not just food and shelter, panelists say
The sheer number of people in exile -- 22.5 million -- and says the capacity of countries to cope with these numbers requires serious conversation about how to best meet short and long-term needs.
Federal court halts construction of Pa. pipeline on nuns’ land
Environmental and Native American groups had sought to stop work on a 183-mile natural gas pipeline. A short segment of it passes through property owned by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in Columbia.
High school students unearth possible ties to slavery at Jesuit school
Gonzaga history teacher Ed Donnellan and six students searched through the archives to unearth any ties to slavery at the Jesuit-run high school.
Late goal sends field hockey final into OT, where Prendie wins it
Bonner-Prendergast forward Carly Brosious scored the game winner less than two minutes into the overtime period, sealing the Pandas' first Catholic League championship since 2009.
Chicago-area Catholics, Lutherans renew covenant between their churches
Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich and Lutheran Bishop Wayne Miller commemorated the 500th anniversary of the Reformation by recommitting their respective churches to dialogue and to working together on issues of mutual concern.
Raised Catholic then lapsed, she now has ‘a love affair with God’
When Cynthia Brown of Our Lady of Hope Parish decided to reengage her Catholic faith in memory of her father, she hit the ground running. She leads so many Catholic initiatives, she was awarded a special medal.