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Pope: Prostitution is ‘disgusting vice’ that tortures defenseless women
All people of goodwill have a duty to help vulnerable women and other victims of human trafficking escape from forced sexual slavery, the pope wrote in a prologue of a new book on the suffering of women forced into prostitution.
Hearts ‘heavy with sadness’ over shooting at garlic festival, bishop says
The Diocese of San Jose held a bilingual prayer vigil July 29 for victims, survivors and first responders at St. Mary Church in Gilroy in response to the the shooting a day earlier that claimed three lives and injured 12 others.
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use funds for border wall
In a 5-4 vote July 26, the Supreme Court said the Trump administration could use $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to pay for construction and repairs of a wall along the U.S-Mexico border.
Judge dismisses Covington Catholic student’s suit against newspaper
A federal judge July 26 dismissed a lawsuit against The Washington Post by a Kentucky high school student, ruling the newspaper's articles about the student's actions after the annual March for Life in January were protected by the First Amendment.
Alaska Catholic bishops urge state to restore funding for social services
The $444 million cut from Alaska's $8.3-billion state operating budget that took effect July 1 is having "a direct negative impact on the most poor and vulnerable in our state," said Alaska's Catholic bishops.
African bishops want to be sign of hope in face of people’s ‘anguish’
Africa's bishops pledged to work together to ensure that the continent's resources serve development and peace of all people.
Colorado retreat, trail made famous by pope during WYD ’93 gets makeover
Situated on the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and just south of the town of Estes Park -- the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park -- Camp St. Malo is home to a picturesque 1930s-era Chapel on the Rock.
Cause for beatification of British missionary in Zimbabwe opens Sept. 5
The Vatican has allowed the bishops of Zimbabwe to open the sainthood cause of a British missionary murdered after he refused to abandon his ministry to people with Hansen's disease during the country's civil war.
Cupich: ‘Never forget’ policies that led to Holocaust began with words
The "calculated stages" the Nazis carried out that ultimately resulted in the Holocaust began with bigoted language against minorities that the majority soon came to accept as credible, said Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago.
Christians, Muslims pray at ruins of Philippine town’s church, mosques
Christians and Muslims prayed in the ruins of a church and a mosque in the southern Philippine city of Marawi, which was devastated by a five-month siege in 2017.