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Canadians urged to use hands, hearts, heads to end abortion
Speaking May 11 to thousands of pro-life supporters at Parliament Hill on a blustery day, Cardinal Collins said euthanasia and the crushing of conscience rights "brings shame to our country."
Anti-death penalty activist says she wrestled with issue and ‘God won’
Marietta Jaeger-Lane could have killed with her bare hands the man who kidnapped and murdered her daughter. Now she is a leader of the National Catholic Pledge to End the Death Penalty, which launched May 11.
Bishop urges increased international help to tackle Somalia’s drought
Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibouti urged the international community to focus on alleviating the drought in Somalia as 6 million people experience severe food shortages and contend with the al-Shabab extremist group.
Catholic leaders criticize Indonesia’s continued use of death penalty
Abolishing the death penalty was one of the recommendations put to Indonesia by member states at the 27th session of the U.N. Universal Periodic Review in Geneva.
Bishops say ‘anti-sanctuary’ move will erode immigrants’ trust of police
The Catholic bishops of Texas said the state's move to prohibit cities and other jurisdictions from providing sanctuary to immigrants facing deportation "does not help peace officers build trust with the migrant community."
Haitians fear being forced to go home if special immigration status ends
Haitians in the U.S. since a devastating 2010 earthquake are urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to renew their Temporary Protected Status designation because conditions have not appreciably improved in their homeland.
Catholic high school student arrested for child porn
A senior at Msgr. Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast High School in Drexel Hill was arrested May 11 for allegedly tricking teen boys into sending nude photos of themselves.
Minnesota bishop denies coercing abuse victim from reporting allegation
The diocese issued the statement in response to a lawsuit filed that day against the bishop and the diocese.
Morales seeks papal intervention for Bolivian prisoners in Chile
The nine Bolivians, including seven customs workers and two soldiers, were detained March 19 in a border area and accused of robbery, carrying weapons and importing contraband, according to a Jesuit-run news service.
Convocation delegate said becoming Catholic was something he ‘had to do’
When Isaiah Burroughs, a 20-year-old student at The Catholic University of America in Washington, gets an idea in his head, he follows through with it pretty much immediately.