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Respect rights of indigenous people, culture, pope tells mining industry
A "fallacious" economic model that exploits the earth's resources while disregarding the rights and cultures of indigenous people has left the planet in a precarious condition and requires a change of heart that places the common good before financial gain, Pope Francis said.
Love never fails: How a wife coped and her husband forgave
Patti-Ann McDonald was 24, married eight months and pregnant when notified her husband had been shot. He lived as a quadriplegic for 30 years and learned to forgive his attacker, as she told a local parish group recently.
Symposium considers future with Roe v. Wade decision repealed
What would American society look like if the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion on demand, were overturned?
NCEA convention offered financial and leadership tips with teaching ideas
Over 9,000 Catholic educators from across the country gathered in Chicago for the annual event.
Indiana faith traditions join in prayer in response to Sri Lanka attacks
The "Solidarity Vigil and Interfaith Prayer" event, co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis-based Center for Interfaith Cooperation and the Muslim Alliance of Indiana, drew leaders in the city of the Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish and Muslim communities.
Church across street from Charlotte campus shooting prays for peace
People gathered to pray at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte the day after a student opened fire April 30 in a classroom at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, which killed two people and wounded four others.
Fearful Venezuelan migrants find warm welcome from church in Brazil
The border between Venezuela and Brazil has been closed since Feb. 22, but hundreds of Venezuelan migrants still stream across daily, seeking refuge from a worsening political and economic crisis.
Quebec considering Canada’s strictest law governing religious symbols
The Quebec government is preparing to adopt what would become the most stringent secularism legislation in Canada, which would prohibit wearing religious symbols, such as a cross, a veil or a kippah, for some people "in the performance of their duties."
Abuse survivors find healing rooted in Catholic faith can aid the church
Teresa Pitt Green and Luis Torres Jr. are working to ensure that the church and its clergy are responding to the needs of abuse survivors with a keen ear, pastoral sensibility, compassion and understanding.
Holy boldness: Profile of women religious rising at Vatican
The Vatican can move at a snail's pace but looking back over the past six years, the profile of women, especially women religious, at Vatican events has risen sharply.