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Young people’s activism is sign of hope for Earth, says Cardinal Turkson
Young people's intensified demand for climate action is a sign of hope during the planet's ecological crisis, said Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Vatican City State set to end sale of single-use plastics
Single-use plastic include bags, water bottles, cutlery, straws and balloons. The top five single-use plastic items polluting European shores are cigarette butts, bottles and caps, food packaging, cotton swab sticks and wet wipes.
When Islamic State came, Iraqi monks had just finished hiding manuscripts
The 630 manuscripts, dating from the 12th to 18th centuries, were written in a range of languages, including Syriac, Greek, French and Latin.
African churches work to counter pressures on Congo River basin
Even as the Catholic churches in the basin stress the need to care and protect the environment, Congolese bishops and officials warn that the forest is disappearing, little by little.
Trump administration to apply ‘third country’ rule for asylum-seekers
UPDATED - The Trump administration announced the U.S. departments of Justice and Homeland Security are adopting an interim "third country rule" requiring immigrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border to first apply for refugee status in another country.
Pew report on religion restrictions gives U.S. bad marks in key areas
The Pew Research Center's annual report on restrictions on religion worldwide showed the United States had the worst scores in the Americas in three of the eight categories Pew surveyed.
Detroit Catholics help save iconic church of their twin parish in Ontario
Since its founding as a mission of Ste. Anne Oct. 3, 1767, Assumption has been the cultural home of Catholicism in Windsor and western Ontario. Just about every parish west of Montreal can trace its history to the church.
Mother Cabrini’s ministry to immigrants called ‘more essential’ than ever
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini took to heart Jesus' greatest commandment to love God and love one's neighbor by tending to those most in need -- children, the sick, orphans and "most of all" immigrants, said New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan.
Local clergy, pastoral workers react to threatened ICE raids
The large-scale deportation of undocumented immigrants, set for July 13-14, failed to develop but the fear inspired by such efforts was no less real, according to those who serve migrants in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
With love and listening, Landings guides returning Catholics back to pews
Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Landings is a Paulist program that meets returning Catholics with love and guides them back into the pews.