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Chicago youth travel to Salvador, bring back ideas for dealing with gangs
The U.S. youth said that, unlike in Chicago, the young Salvadorans they met who were not involved in gangs care for one another.
Secret deal? Author hopes Vatican archives shed light on efforts to end Holocaust
Secret negotiations between Heinrich Himmler and a Swiss Catholic politician, hired by a Jewish woman and helped by an Italian papal nuncio, may have contributed to ending the mass extermination of the Jewish people, according to a Canadian researcher.
‘Blood flowing on sidewalks’: 2 Philippine prelates criticize drug war
Two prominent Philippine bishops criticized the government's war on drugs after a week in which more than 80 people were reportedly killed in stepped-up efforts to end drug use.
Pope leads prayers for an end to ‘inhuman violence’ of terrorism
Reciting the Angelus prayer at midday, the pope asked an estimated 10,000 people in St. Peter's Square to pray in silence and then to join him in reciting the Hail Mary for the victims of the attacks the previous week in Burkina Faso, Spain and Finland.
Christians must unite in witnessing hope to troubled world, pope says
Pope Francis sent a hand-signed message to the Italian synod of the Methodist and Waldensian churches, saying that it is more important than ever for Christians to witness together that God is stronger than the violence and evil taking place in the world.
Church leaders oppose Bolivian law stripping protection for native lands
The measure signed into law by President Evo Morales in mid-August opens the Isiboro Secure National Park and Indigenous Territory, known as TIPNIS for its Spanish initials, to highway construction and other development.
Blind priest of Allentown Diocese sees no obstacle in serving his flock
Father Bernard Ezaki, who studied at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, uses the power of the spoken word, and humor, to overcome blindness and serve his parishioners in Easton, Pa.
Countercultural San Francisco parish attracts growing congregation
Since Father Illo was appointed parish administrator of Star of the Sea Church, bringing his powerful commitment to traditional Catholic practices to the famously progressive city, Mass attendance and number of parishioners registered have increased about 10 percent each year.
Charlottesville’s Catholic students ready to heal wounds, chaplain says
After the weekend of mayhem in Charlottesville, Virginia, the town's college Catholic community was wondering -- like many others around the nation -- what to do.
Bishop DiLorenzo dies; headed Diocese of Richmond since 2004
UPDATED - Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of Richmond died at St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond late Aug. 17 from heart and kidney failure. He was 75.