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Faith groups pray for immigrant children in detention, urge policy change
Dozens of Chicago-area Catholics were joined by Lutheran, Jewish and Muslim representatives as they all prayed for immigrant children held in U.S. detention centers Oct. 16.
Historian works to reconstruct Canadian saint’s face from a mortuary mask
The death mask of St. Mary of the Incarnation was found a few decades ago in the attic of the monastery of the Ursulines in Old Quebec. The order's oral tradition relates it to its founder.
Laguna people are an example of perseverance in faith, archbishop says
Archbishop Lori highlighted the "beautiful expressions of faith of the Laguna tribe" in his homily at St. Joseph Church on the Laguna Pueblo, which is home to six villages of Native American peoples.
Thieves steal statues used at synod prayer, throw them in the river
UPDATED - Two men entered a Catholic Church near the Vatican early Oct. 21 and stole copies of a statue of a pregnant woman that had been a centerpiece of several prayer services connected to the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.
St. Joan of Arc rides again, in Harrowgate
The 15th-century saint was brought to life on horseback as the St. Joan of Arc mission marked its 100th anniversary with a street procession down Frankford Avenue to a packed church.
Army chaplains first line of defense in soldiers’ behavioral health
The Army, like the rest of the military, is not immune from the destabilizing and sometimes crippling psychological traumas that affect civilians.
Christians, Hindus must show world peace is possible, official says
The president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue issues a message to Hindus each year for the feast of Diwali, a three-day religious festival focusing on the victory of truth over lies, light over darkness, life over death and good over evil.
Bible-preaching priest becomes social media star
In weekly one-minute videos, Venezuelan Franciscan Father Luis Antonio Salazar, 34, discusses key passages of the New Testament with the help of electronic music and special effects to 120,000 followers.
With political will, countries can meet needs of refugees, speakers say
The plight of the world's refugees will be solved by politics, not by appeals to conscience or awareness of the tremendous scope of the issue, said speakers at an Oct. 17 New York symposium on migration.
From sidewalk to swamp, wonders of creation abound
Whether it's the forests and waterways of the Amazon or life in the world's far-flung cities, people have "boxed everything into neat categories" and succumbed to a "disconnected view of creation and of humanity," said an observer at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.