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Chile removes statute of limitations on sex abuse cases
The Chilean government passed a law removing the statute of limitations on sex abuse crimes against children. The law also allows victims to take civil action against people or institutions that aided in covering up sex abuse crimes.
Census to go forward without citizenship question
After months of legal wrangling and a Supreme Court decision, President Trump conceded July 11 that the question "Is this person a citizen of the United States?" will not appear on the 2020 census.
As courts mull ACA, Catholic group calls health care ‘basic human right’
While the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act is in question, the Catholic Health Association voiced its support for the act. It brings health care to 20 million Americans, and eliminating their coverage "is unconscionable," CHA said.
Report claims church leaders long knew about Bransfield accusations
A report said U.S. and Vatican officials had for years received correspondence from parishioners concerned with excessive spending by former West Virginia Bishop Michael Bransfield.
Connecticut bishops urge ‘complete overhaul’ of U.S. immigration policy
The July 10 letter was sparked by the photo showing the bodies of two Salvadorans, Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez, and his daughter, Angie Valeria, both of whom drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico to the United States.
Defying labels, Hispanic youths gather joyfully on retreat
The day-long program of the archdiocesan Office for Hispanic Catholics at Holy Innocents Parish drew more than 130 young people who got to know one another through their faith, language and culture.
St. Anne Novena
Daily Novena Services at 3:00 PM and 7:00 pm. Veneration of the Relic of St. Anne after each service. Church is handicapped accessible.
Summer soccer clinics helping refugee youths feel like part of community
Through a new partnership between Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Louisville and the Louisville City Football Club -- a professional soccer club -- refugee youth are finding joy in a familiar past time.
Praising God for gift of creation leads to respect for it, pope says
Human beings are called to praise God for his gift of creation, not be predators out to plunder the earth and all it contains, Pope Francis said.
Pope mourns death of French patient after doctors withhold care
Since being involved in a motorcycle accident in 2008, Vincent Lambert had been variously described as being "minimally conscious" or in a vegetative state.