WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A prayer here, a share on social media there, a voice of support in a letter to the editor, even a get-to-know-others potluck.    Supporting refugees and migrants can take many forms, and Pope Francis is hoping Catholics around the world will act over the next two...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In the aftermath of two earthquakes in the span of two weeks in Mexico church-based relief agencies have been on the ground providing food, shelter and repairs.    The magnitude 7.1 quake that hit near Mexico City Sept. 19 killed more than 230 people and injured m...
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KEY WEST, Fla. (CNS) – Robert Wright, principal of the Basilica School of St. Mary Star of the Sea in Key West, reluctantly left town before Hurricane Irma made its historic landfall, knowing it wouldn't be easy getting back to Florida's southernmost tip later on.     ...
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Relics of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina – better known as Padre Pio – will tour several Archdioceses and Dioceses in the U.S. for the second time from Sept. 16 through Oct. 8. The relics will make stops in the Archdiocese of Chicago on Sept. 25-26 and in the Archdiocese of St. Louis on Sept....
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic church leaders, immigration officials and university presidents were swift and unanimous in their condemnation of President Donald Trump's Sept. 5 decision to phase out Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals known as DACA.    "In the past, the president s...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While the world reels from terrorism, natural disasters and division, God weeps with those who suffer and offers the hope of a future full of joy and consolation, Pope Francis said.    Recalling the victims of a terror attack in Barcelona Aug. 17, a devastating...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Saying there is an "urgent need" to address "the sin of racism" in the country and find solutions to it, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has established a new Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism and named one of the country's African-American Catholic bishops to chair it.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In a week in which natural disasters, war and racial conflicts dominated the headlines, Pope Francis prayed on Aug. 15 that Mary would bring peace to a divided world.             After reciting the Angelus prayer on t...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- God did not choose perfect people to form his church, but rather sinners who have experienced his love and forgiveness, Pope Francis said.     The Gospel of Luke's account of Jesus forgiving the sinful woman shows how his actions went against the general mentali...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) – After hearing about the plight of a cancer-stricken child whose mother was facing imminent deportation, a U.S. border bishop, Texas Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, paid the pair a visit at the hospital.             On...
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