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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.
Mexicans respond to quake with generosity, concern about politicians
Donations from Caritas chapters across Mexico started streaming into affected areas after an earthquake rocked central Mexico Sept. 19, claiming more than 300 lives, leveling homes and churches and leaving thousands homeless.
Supreme Court cancels travel ban hearing as new restrictions announced
The U.S. Supreme Court Sept. 25 canceled an upcoming hearing on the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's travel ban after government officials unveiled the night before a new expanded version of the travel prohibitions.
Catholic approach to maternal health needed more than ever, doctor says
Twenty years ago, Dr. Robert Walley founded MaterCare International to serve the culture of life wherever mothers and their children are neglected or abandoned, and to support Catholic health care professionals so they can promote human dignity in their work.
‘Be Not Afraid’ is theme for Respect Life Sunday and 2017-18 program
Respect Life Month is observed every October by the church in the United States, beginning with Respect Life Sunday, which takes place this year Oct. 1. These events kick off the 2017-18 Respect Life Program.