Pope saddened by Pentecost attack in Nigeria
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis expressed his solidarity and closeness with Catholics in Nigeria after gunmen stormed a church and…
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Catholic leaders urge
stronger gun control measures
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By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — In the wake of recent mass shootings that have devastated local communities and the nation at large, several U.S….
Respect for religious freedom
‘vital foreign policy priority,’ Blinken says
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WASHINGTON — For U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, respect for religious freedom is “a vital foreign policy priority” in addition to being “one…
Health care must be accessible
to all, not select few, pope says
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By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY — Health care is a fundamental right for all and not a privilege for the rich while the…
Gunman kills four, then himself
at Catholic hospital complex
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By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON — A Catholic hospital’s campus in Tulsa, Okla., became the scene of the country’s 233rd mass shooting of the year…
Winona-Rochester, Minn., bishop retires;
Bishop Barron is named successor
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WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop John M. Quinn of Winona-Rochester, Minn., and named as his successor Auxiliary Bishop Robert…
Educators must learn from,
not relive, the past, pope says
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By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY — Education must serve as a bridge between past and future generations so that humanity may progress rather…
Healing of the Eucharist is needed to
repair scandal, says Iowa archbishop
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DUBUQUE, Iowa — Rather than being denied Communion, Catholics who cause scandal in their defiance of church teaching should be allowed to receive the…
San Diego bishop says he was ‘stunned,’
‘humbled’ by being named a cardinal
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SAN DIEGO — Cardinal-designate Robert W. McElroy told reporters May 31 that when he learned he is among the 21 new cardinals Pope Francis…
Amid pain in Uvalde, there’s still
‘goodness in people,’ says archbishop
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By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON — It feels as if there are no silver linings in the cloud of lingering grief and horror that surrounds…