National/World News

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Catholics pray for end to racism" />

Remembering Buffalo shooting victims,
Catholics pray for end to racism

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By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON — From a Franciscan parish in a city where one of the victims once lived to a border city that…

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Texas shooting victims,
calls for stricter gun laws" />

Pope prays for
Texas shooting victims,
calls for stricter gun laws

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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Saying his heart was broken at the news of at least 19 children and two adults being shot and killed…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20220520T1653-SYNOD-LISTENING-SESSION-STUDENTS-1715062-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Students share joys, concerns about
church at synod listening sessions" />

Students share joys, concerns about
church at synod listening sessions

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PHILADELPHIA — Jennifer McMahon, a sophomore biology major at Villanova University, said recent campus listening sessions in preparation for the Catholic Church’s 2023 synod…

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Polish archbishop urges
Vatican to revise attitude" />

Returning from Ukraine,
Polish archbishop urges
Vatican to revise attitude

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WARSAW, Poland — The president of the Polish bishops’ conference criticized the Vatican’s “naive and utopian” attitude to the war in Ukraine and urged…

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to be auxiliary bishop of Detroit" />

Pope Francis appoints Vatican diplomat
to be auxiliary bishop of Detroit

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WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Paul F. Russell, currently apostolic nuncio to Turkey and Turkmenistan, to be an auxiliary bishop of Detroit….

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care for creation during Laudato Si’ Week" />

Pope calls for united efforts in
care for creation during Laudato Si’ Week

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By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to work together in taking care of creation. After he led the recitation of…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20220520T1545-CORDILEONE-PELOSI-ABORTION-COMMUNION-1715185-1024x631.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="San Francisco prelate says
no Communion for Pelosi
over her abortion stand" />

San Francisco prelate says
no Communion for Pelosi
over her abortion stand

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By Julie Asher WASHINGTON — San Francisco’s archbishop declared May 20 that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is not “to be admitted” to Communion…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20220520T0900-SYNODALITY-CONSULTATION-DELIBERATION-1715024-684x1024.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Cardinals, theologians discuss
decision-making role of laity" />

Cardinals, theologians discuss
decision-making role of laity

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By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — As the Catholic Church continues to reflect on synodality through a two-year process of listening and dialogue, a…

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their vision of a synodal church" />

Catholics with disabilities share
their vision of a synodal church

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VATICAN CITY — Catholics with disabilities can be and want to be active members of the church and missionary disciples, but that will require…