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U.S. bishop warns renewed Israel-Hamas war augurs ‘dire consequences’ for the region


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OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, World News

Ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas will have “dire consequences” for civil society’s future and is likely to worsen the region’s tensions for another generation, Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, said in a statement following the breakdown of a ceasefire agreement in the Holy Land.

Extension honors Houston Catholic family with immigrant roots for serving church, community


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OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News

A Catholic family whose forebears immigrated to Texas from Czechoslovakia, lost everything in the Great Depression, experienced homelessness and went on to start what is now one of the largest companies in the Southwest has been honored by the Catholic Extension Society with its eighth annual Houston Spirit of Francis Award.

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