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Manila cardinal asks churches to ring bells to remember drug-war deaths
In a letter dated Sept. 8, Manila Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle again called attention to the sustained killings of mostly poor people, either in police anti-drug operations or unexplained deaths that human rights groups have called vigilante murders.
In Caribbean Colombia, Jesuits try to continue legacy of St. Peter Claver
Afro-Colombian communities live in the periphery of Cartagena, in shabby barrios with rutted roads, inadequate city services and ocean access coveted by developers wishing to evict them from their lands to build hotels.
In Cartagena, pope prays for Venezuela, denounces modern slavery
At the Church of St. Peter Claver, a saint venerated throughout the Americas as a champion of human rights, Pope Francis offered special prayers for Venezuela and its people suffering in the midst of a huge political and economic crisis.
Look for vocations in imperfect places, pope tells Colombians
Pope Francis called on Catholics to find their future priests and religious in rough and imperfect places. People from such places, he told an audience of priests, seminarians and religious, were indispensable for promoting peace and reconciliation in a country such as Colombia.
Cardinal DiNardo offers prayers for those in path of Hurricane Irma
"As the people off the Gulf Coast just begin to sift through the damage brought by Hurricane Harvey, our nation, tragically, must attempt to comprehend the approach of Hurricane Irma," he said in a statement Sept. 9.
At final Mass in Colombia, pope calls for change of culture
Pope Francis capped a five-day trip to Colombia with a call for culture change in a country attempting to pursue a path of peace and reconciliation after decades of armed conflict and centuries of social exclusion.
In Florida shelter, exhausted people wait out Hurricane Irma
Those in the shelter have been hunkered down in classrooms and hallways throughout the school, some since Sept. 8, most coming in Sept. 9, while some stragglers continued to make their way in the morning of Sept. 10, just hours before the brunt of the storm was to hit the Tampa Bay area.
AbbeyFest returns to Paoli for prayerful, rocking good time
The day-long Christian music festival with a prayerful Catholic flavor returns for the fourth year at Daylesford Abbey on Saturday, Sept. 16. See the lineup of performers and other highlights.
Faith inspired ‘Mattress Mack’s’ Harvey relief efforts
In Harvey's chaotic aftermath, Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale said his Catholic faith and duty as a person of goodwill inspired him to open his three large Gallery Furniture stores as evacuation shelters, housing flood victims from across the city.
Gamble at the end makes double OT win an early ‘game of the year’
The Catholic League's division football schedule doesn't start for two weeks, but Archbishop Carroll topped Conwell-Egan, 38-37, in a thriller with a two-point conversion for the win. See CatholicPhilly.com's roundup of early season action.