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Faith leaders: Christian politicians who hurt migrants, hurt Jesus
A crowd of more than two dozen religious leaders gathered outside of Congress to primarily call on politicians to pass -- and pass soon -- legislation to help youth who were brought to the U.S. illegally as minors.
Mass formally opens canonization cause for Black Elk
Nicholas W. Black Elk was described as someone who merged the Lakota and Catholic culture in a way "that drew him deeper into the mystery of Christ's love and the church."
Senate confirms Notre Dame professor as federal judge
The Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor, to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
New York prelates bring solidarity, hope, material help to Puerto Rico
UPDATED - Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, New York, made a one-day trip to Puerto Rico to show solidarity, bring hope and provide some material help.
Cardinal Wuerl urges Catholics to confront, help overcome sin of racism
"Intolerance and racism will not go away without a concerted awareness and effort on everyone's part. Regularly we must renew the commitment to drive it out of our hearts, our lives and our community."
‘Horrendous attack weighs on all our hearts,’ says cardinal
News reports about the attack, which left at least eight people dead and 11 others injured, "are too preliminary to understand fully what has happened," the cardinal said, "but it grieves me deeply that we must again respond to such acts of terror."
Consistently anti-nuke: Pope continues papal pleas for disarmament
Although deterrence is seen by nations as an excuse for possessing nuclear weapons, the Holy See continues a 70-year-old policy seeking "the total elimination of nuclear weapons," said Pope Francis.
All Catholics asked to offer special prayers on World Day of the Poor
Pope Francis announced the new global day of awareness last week. Catholic clergy and lay faithful in the Philadelphia Archdiocese are invited to remember the day in prayer -- see our prayer resources.
Religious from other countries minister to Turkey’s Latin-rite community
Franciscan Father Dominic Ko is the only Korean priest in Turkey but, as a religious from a foreign country, he is not alone. He is one of the 125 Latin-rite Catholic religious from more than 20 nations.
Christine Flowers ‘lives the dogma,’ wows young adult crowd
The Catholic columnist and lawyer spoke Friday night at a Theology on Tap event using humor to show the importance of living the Catholic faith in public, and the cop out of a selective tolerance.