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Galveston-Houston Archdiocese formalizes Disaster Spiritual Care ministry

So far has 18 priests and 34 deacons who have agreed to be assigned as needed to emergency shelters helping people during disasters such as hurricanes.

Report alleges immigrant women subjected to hysterectomies

A nurse says an ICE facility in Georgia, run by a private prison company, was the setting for the procedures where the women may not have understood what was happening to them.

Cardinal Parolin hopeful Vatican-China agreement will be extended

The provisional agreement signed two years ago between the Vatican and China is set to expire in October. A retired Hong Kong cardinal has been its fiercest critic.

Pandemic shows ‘interdependency, fragility’ of world, says head of U.N.

COVID "has caused the closing of places of worship," said U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and upset "our shared impulse to gather and face hard times together."

Montco parish school unveils new wing

Students at Mary, Mother of the Redeemer in North Wales were greeted by a campus addition that makes changing class easier and safer.

Bucks County parish raises funds, spirits in dark time

Parishioners at St. Ignatius of Antioch in Yardley collected almost $90,000 to help families struggling due to COVID, while bringing a message of hope to the community.

Court sides with Trump on right to end TPS

In a Sept. 14 ruling, a federal judge determined that Temporary Protected Status can be revoked for immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Sudan and Nepal.

Colombian church leaders call for reconciliation, truth following protests

Following deadly uprisings in Bogota over police violence, bishops prayed for victims while urging demonstrators not to take justice into their own hands.

British bishops note ‘tragic loss of life’ as abortions increase

Statistics released Sept. 10 show that abortions in England and Wales were at their highest recorded level, with close to 110,000 performed in the first six months of 2020.

Cardinal urges world to help restore Lebanon, not let it ‘fall into despair’

Maronite patriarch Cardinal Bechara Rai told an internet audience Sept. 10. that "the last Christian foothold in the Middle East" is facing "existential danger like never before."