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Discontent with Biden administration grows among immigrant advocates

With the "Remain in Mexico" policy set to resume in November, a number of migrant allies are increasingly at odds with the President's stance, which continues protocols set by the previous administration.

Cameroon bishops warn of increasing violence in separatist campaign

The population of the Central African nation "can no longer take" the spiraling situation in which "anyone now feels they have a right to violate the life of others," said Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya.

Spirituality, encounter at heart of World Mission Sunday, cardinal says

Ahead of the Oct. 24 observance, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said the church must recover a sense that "each baptized person is a missionary of the kingdom of God."

Prevailing via penalty kicks, Lansdale girls survive playoff soccer scare

PCL three-seed Lansdale Catholic hosted six-seed Cardinal O’Hara, and was pushed past regulation and two overtime periods finally to win 4-3 in the penalty phase, thanks to LC's team contributions and senior star Lauren Edwards.

Retired Pope Benedict hints at his death in condolence message

Reflecting on the passing of a priest friend, the 94-year-old pope, who is in stable but frail health, said in an Oct. 2 letter he hopes to soon join loved ones in heaven.

Italian dioceses urge vaccination, adopt measures for volunteers

"Care for the salvation of souls cannot be separated from the commitment to safeguard the health of bodies," wrote Msgr. Franco Agnesi, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Milan.

Myanmar military arrests seven Caritas workers

The Oct. 18 detention of the team, whose members were delivering food and medicine to displaced residents, came days after the most recent military attack on Catholic church's in the conflict-torn nation.

Migrant shelter in southern Mexico denounces raid by armed individuals

An armed group forced its way into a Catholic outreach in southern Chiapas Oct. 12, the latest act of intimidation against migrant defenders in the region.

Keep priests from being financial power bases, nuncio warns Indian bishops

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli said the trend of priests operating trusts or nongovernmental organizations without diocesan oversight creates power imbalances in the pastoral field.

Cries of Haitian people ‘cannot go unheeded,’ Vatican official says

Following his Oct. 17-19 visit to Haiti, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, said European and other countries must aid the island nation, increasingly ravaged by poverty and violence.