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Catholic women an important voice in Canada’s national conversation, bishop says
Women who belong to Catholic organizations give witness to God by the causes they support and the influence they bring to bear on many issues, said an archbishop at a Canadian women's conference.
As floods displace 20,000 people, Louisiana bishop comforts evacuees
Catholic churches in the Baton Rouge Diocese called for volunteers to help those driven from their homes by extreme flooding. A tropical storm system dumped nearly 2 feet of rain on southern Louisiana.
Protecting ‘the innocent is a matter of justice,’ says head of Knights
Abortion is not just another U.S. political issue, said Knights of Columbus leader Carl Anderson adding Catholic politicians who say they are "personally opposed" but will not vote to restrict abortion are out of touch with their constituents.
Pope prays for exploited women, Mary’s intercession on feast of Assumption
The pope prayed that exploited women soon would be able to live "a life of peace, justice and love in expectation of the day they finally will feel held by hands that do not humiliate them and lead them on the path to life."
Assembly OKs document marking 50 years of Lutheran-Catholic dialogue
A key action at the assembly was the vote Aug. 10 paving the road to unity between Catholics and Lutherans, approved by a 99.04 percent margin -- 931 votes yes and only 9 votes no -- to an uproarious applause.
On ‘Mercy Friday,’ pope visits women rescued from prostitution
Continuing his Year of Mercy practice of going one Friday a month to visit people facing special struggles, Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to a community helping 20 young women get their lives back together after being rescued from prostitution.
Faith, Hope and Charity graze, keep grounds of church cemetery tidy
For the third straight year, a historic New York City church has imported three sheep from an upstate New York farm to serve as organic lawn mowers in its two-century-old cemetery.
Counter terrorists’ hatred with education, dialogue, cardinal says
Terrorists want to make peace-loving Christians and Muslims believe that it is impossible for them to live side by side; it is up to Christians and Muslims to prove them wrong, said French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran.
Texas Catholic high school community cheers swimmer to Olympic bronze
Katie Meili, seen by some as a longshot, won the bronze medal in the women's 100-meter breaststroke at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, while friends back home cheered her at a party in the school auditorium.
For pope, Mother Teresa is model of mercy at work, fueled by prayer
When Pope Francis canonizes Blessed Teresa of Kolkata Sept. 4, he won't simply be fulfilling a special duty of his office, he will be honoring a woman he has called "a symbol, an icon for our age."