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<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220722T0800-POPE-OPUS-DEI-1730665-1024x719.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Pope modifies Opus Dei’s relationship
to Curia, highlighting its ‘charism’" />

Pope modifies Opus Dei’s relationship
to Curia, highlighting its ‘charism’

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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Saying he wanted to highlight the spiritual gifts of Opus Dei and its contributions to the Catholic Church’s…

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offer post-abortion healing" />

Rachel’s Vineyard retreats
offer post-abortion healing

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By Elizabeth Wong Barnstead OWENSBORO, Ky. — Megan was “at first super-excited” when she learned about the concept of a Rachel’s Vineyard retreat, “but…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220720T1000-POPE-CANADA-DETAILS-1720406-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Pope’s words in Canada may
have broader reach, official says" />

Pope’s words in Canada may
have broader reach, official says

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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ July trip to Canada was born out of his meetings with the nations’ Indigenous people and…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220718T1221-TEXAS-BISHOPS-IMMIGRATION-LIFE-1717831-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Texas bishops call for immigration
reform after migrant deaths in trailer" />

Texas bishops call for immigration
reform after migrant deaths in trailer

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By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON — The Texas Catholic bishops urged immigration reform, saying it is necessary to prevent what happened to 53 migrants discovered…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220715T1130-POPE-CANADA-SMUDGE-1717803-683x1024.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Indigenous priest shares practices
that will be part of pope’s Canada trip" />

Indigenous priest shares practices
that will be part of pope’s Canada trip

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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis travels to Canada to apologize to Indigenous communities for the way the Catholic Church joined…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220718T1330-TIGRAY-BLOCKADE-HINDER-1717824-1024x768.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Priest reports that blockade of Tigray
harms church’s humanitarian response" />

Priest reports that blockade of Tigray
harms church’s humanitarian response

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By Frederick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya — A continuing siege of Tigray by Ethiopian government forces is frustrating church efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to…

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priest in two months in Nicaragua" />

Parishioners protest arrest of second
priest in two months in Nicaragua

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By David Agren GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Catholics in Nicaragua are calling for the release of two priests detained over the past two months as…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220715T1000-CONSISTENT-ETHIC-OF-LIFE-GEORGETOWN-1717801-1024x388.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Pro-life panelists see unintended
consequences from Dobbs decision" />

Pro-life panelists see unintended
consequences from Dobbs decision

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By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON — Despite their pro-life bona fides, a five-member panel at a July 14 Georgetown University forum voiced their hesitancies with…

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first; activity comes next, pope says" />

Listening to God’s word comes
first; activity comes next, pope says

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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — The Gospel story of the sisters Mary and Martha, one sitting at Jesus’ feet and the other making…