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Cardinal Ouellet denounces ‘alarmist’ interpretations of ‘Amoris Laetitia’
"Any alarmist interpretation" that says the document is "a break with tradition," or a "permissive interpretation that celebrates access to the sacraments" for the divorced and remarried is "unfaithful to the text and to the intentions of the supreme pontiff," said Cardinal Ouellet.
Holy Land Christians frustrated by lack of legal action against vandals
Even as the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land issued a statement condemning the Sept. 20 desecration and vandalism of a Catholic shrine in Israel, some people criticized the statement's "weak language" and asked, "How long will we be tolerant?"
NCEA leader visits Catholic schools damaged by Hurricane Harvey
The Texas town where Hurricane Harvey first made landfall and harsh winds tore apart buidlings is still regrouping more than one month after the storm.
At Mass lauding religious life, a call to ‘share the journey’ with immigrants
Archbishop Chaput not only led hundreds of religious sisters, brothers and priests to celebrate their anniversaries, he unveiled a new initiative to welcome migrants and refugees. Caring for them is as "countercultural" as religious life, he said.
Vatican diplomat calls on U.N. to pursue peace in world’s trouble spots
During an address to the United Nations General Assembly Sept. 25, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister, also described the right to life and freedom of religion as pillars of peace and development, allowing human rights to flow from them.
Twin sisters heard God’s call and entered religious life together
Sister Regina Christine O’Brien, I.H.M., and Sister Regina Anita O’Brien, I.H.M., are celebrating their more than 60 years ministering in the archdiocese. They even taught first grade at the same school, with more than 80 children in each class.
Bishops’ requests on repeal bill go for naught as effort collapses
UPDATED - The U.S. bishops' effort urging senators to protect the poor and amend the Graham-Cassidy bill, meant to replace the Affordable Care Act, may be a moot subject as opposition to the bill stiffened amid frantic rewriting to get critical senators' votes.
SNAP founder and longtime president Blaine dies at 61
Barbara Blaine, who founded the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests and served as its president until last February, died Sept. 24 in St. George, Utah.
German bishops urge calm after anti-immigrant party gains in election
The president of the German bishops' conference urged "verbal disarmament" after Sept. 24 elections brought a far-right party into the Bundestag, or parliament, for the first time since World War II.
Religious minorities need protection, says top Vatican official
The "revolting reality" of recent wars shows just how urgent it is that the international community act to protect religious minorities in situations of conflict, Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister, told the U.N. General Assembly.