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U.S. border policy must focus on defending life, Georgetown panel says
The heightened dangers faced by people fleeing El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, prompted the four speakers during the program to call for government border policies that defend human life rather than criminalize migrants for seeking safety.
Catholics have faith, tools to repair a broken world, says archbishop
"At the end of every Mass we are sent forth not merely to clear out the church, but go and share what we have experienced," said Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio at a Feb. 4 morning Mass during the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington.
Local Pakistani Catholics rejoice over Asia Bibi’s final acquittal
Pakistan's Supreme Court freed a Christian woman jailed for blasphemy. The Jan. 29 decision helps Pakistani Christians "to stand strong and to tell others about their faith," said the priest serving them in Philadelphia.
Encuentro process described as a great tool for immigrant advocacy
The V Encuentro is an ecclesial and deliberative process in the Catholic Church to better respond and serve the Hispanic ministry needs, and for Hispanics in the church to respond to the call of being missionary disciples.
Archbishop Kurtz calls for end to ‘religious test’ for judicial nominees
The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee for Religious Liberty called on the leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee to end a line of questioning for judicial nominees at confirmation hearings that involves their religious faith.
In memoriam — Gaspar Romero, brother of St. Oscar Romero
On Feb. 2, Santos Gaspar Romero Galdamez, 89, died in San Salvador, El Salvador. Gaspar Romero was the last of eight children of Santos Romero and Guadalupe Galdamez, and one of only two who lived to see their martyred brother beatified and canonized.
Panel: Reconciliation, justice go hand in hand on global, personal levels
The need to seek justice and the need to reconcile oneself with the person they've harmed, or who has harmed them, has become one of the more intriguing concepts not only with personal dealings but on the world stage as well.
Pope, on flight, talks about dialogue, war, abuse of women religious
Pope Francis spent about 35 minutes answering reporters' questions, although he insisted on responding first to questions related to the trip. That meant he put on hold until the end of the session a question about the clerical sexual abuse of women religious.
Creative cuisine lessons help whip up self-reliant seminarians
While most of the classes at this southern Indiana seminary focus on spiritual and intellectual formation, a one-day cooking class on Jan. 18 aimed to help these future-priests function as whole -- and wholesome -- human beings.
Catholic leaders discuss what’s needed to heal church in crisis
Permanent solutions to the church's "twin crises" of sexual abuse and leadership will require more lay participation -- including people "without influence and without connections" -- said speakers at two recent forums.