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Beyond prayers, U.S. bishops call for action after deadly shootings
In response to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 3 and 4, U.S. bishops prayed for victims while also expressing outrage over the continuing tragedies and their root causes.
America’s oldest Newman Center preps for 125th anniversary
The renovated facility at St. Agatha-St. James Parish in Philadelphia, which serves students at Penn and Drexel universities, will mark its milestone in October as its founder, Cardinal Newman, is made a saint.
Pa. Catholic bishops ask Trump to restore refugee aid program
The head of the Pa. Catholic Conference asked President Trump to maintain and even expand a federal program that reports say the administration is considering cutting or eliminating.
Trinidadians step up to aid Venezuelan migrants when government steps back
The La Romaine Migrant Support ministry has grown to 70 children, who are bused from surrounding communities. In addition to English, they learn basic mathematics, craft, sports and music.
Vatican revises schedule for pope’s visit to Africa Sept. 4-10
Pope Francis’s sixth foreign trip of 2019 will take him to Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius Sept. 4-10, the Vatican announced.
In letter, pope encourages priests dejected by abuse crisis
Pope Francis acknowledged the shame and frustration felt by priests who are discouraged by the actions of fellow clergy members who betrayed the trust of their flock through sexual abuse and abuse of conscience and power.
Pope Francis joins prayers for victims of bloody weekend in U.S.
UPDATED - Pope Francis joined Catholic Church leaders expressing sorrow after back-to-back mass shootings in the United States left at least 29 dead and dozens injured in Texas and Ohio Aug. 3 and 4.
More bishops issue statement against Trump tweets on Baltimore
"Painfully, for the past several weeks we find ourselves once more discussing how people, even our national leaders, use language that is divisive and disrespectful," said a brief joint statement from three chairmen of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committees.
Father Buckley, noted theologian and a ‘Jesuit’s Jesuit,’ dies at 87
He leaves a lasting legacy for his contributions to studies in theology, the origins of modern atheism, the mutually beneficial relations between science and religion, and Jesuit spirituality and education.
Catholic social action directors urged to recognize ‘pivotal moment’
Catholic social action directors across the country were urged to continue their work of fighting social injustices during the annual Social Action Summer Institute July 25-28 at the University of Utah.