Decrying the unimaginable “hell” migrants experience in detention centers, Pope Francis urged all Christians to examine how they do or don’t help — as Jesus commanded — the people God has placed in their path.
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Twins conjoined at head successfully separated at Vatican-owned hospital
After more than a year of preliminary studies and three difficult operations, a medical team at the Vatican-owned pediatric hospital successfully separated conjoined twin girls.
Local Catholics help bring scarce clean water to thirsty around world
Lack of clean water is a matter of life and death in the developing world, and to those experiencing homelessness. From Baltimore to India, fortunately, someone is doing something about it.
Retired Pope Benedict follows his brother’s funeral virtually
Retired Pope Benedict XVI followed the funeral of his brother, Georg Ratzinger, via livestreaming, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA.
U.S. bishops welcome court decision on Catholic schools
Two U.S. bishops said they welcomed the Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling July 8 which said California Catholic schools could not be sued for job discrimination in firing teachers.
Court rules in favor of employer exemptions to contraceptive coverage
In a 7-2 decision July 8, the Supreme Court upheld regulations by the Trump administration giving employers more ability to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage in their health plans.
New report says Iraqi Christians could face extinction
Without immediate action from the international community, Christians in northern Iraq could be endangered with extinction, warns a new report from the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need. The report, “Life after ISIS: New Challenges for Christianity in Iraq,” is based on a survey of Christians in the liberated Ninevah Plains. With anticipated […]
What Father Tolton might say about today’s racial injustices
CHICAGO (CNS) — Father Augustus Tolton, the first identified Black priest ordained for the United States, would likely be disappointed by what he sees going on in the United States today, said Father David Jones, pastor of St. Benedict the African Parish in Chicago. “I think ‘disappointed’ is a key word. I think people can […]
Woodlawn parish becomes food hub
While COVID-19 forced churches to cancel public liturgies, Contreras’ parish of 12 years seems to have strengthened its community connections.
Vatican task force calls for an end to arms production
Human health, peace, security and progress would be better served with a complete end to the production of weapons worldwide, said members of a Vatican task force.
Soto: ‘Strenuous labor’ of ending racism shouldn’t be ‘toppled’ by looting
By defacing and toppling a statue of St. Junipero Serra in Sacramento, protesters may have meant “to draw attention to the sorrowful, angry memories over California’s past,” but “this act of vandalism does little to build the future,” Bishop Jaime Soto said July 5.
New principal named for Mother Mary Lange Catholic School in Baltimore City
Alisha Jordan has been named as the new principal of Mother Mary Lange Catholic School, the first new Catholic school in Baltimore City in nearly 60 years.