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Pro-life groups’ campaign provides items to mothers, babies at border
Two groups partnered to organize the #Bottles2TheBorder campaign, which raised $205,000 worth of funds and supplies to donate to immigrant respite centers in Texas.
U.S. priest to receive reports of abuse, cover-up at Vatican City State
U.S. Msgr. Robert Oliver was appointed to be the contact person for people with information or concerns about potential cases of abuse and cover-up within the Vicariate of Vatican City State.
Indonesian pro-democracy activist becomes a Jesuit priest
Father Stefanus Hendrianto, 45, was among the ranks of students involved in the pro-democracy movement in Indonesia in 1998 that finally brought down the authoritarian Suharto regime after 31 years of iron-fisted rule.
Pope makes surprise visit to nun recovering from surgery
An elderly religious sister who worked for many years at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the papal residence, was at her congregation's house recovering from surgery when she received an unexpected visit from Pope Francis.
Once imprisoned, Chinese woman now guides others to the Catholic faith
Teresa Liu was imprisoned in China for 20 years because she was a member of Catholic lay organization, the Legion of Mary.
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.