“Today’s repeal is a major step toward building a culture that unconditionally protects the dignity of life, and is yet more evidence that the death penalty is falling out of favor with the American public,” said Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, executive director of Catholic Mobilizing Network, in a statement released to the media.
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20 dead as bombs target Sunday Mass in Philippine cathedral
JOLO, Philippines (AP) — Two bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 20 people and wounding 111 others during a Sunday Mass, officials said. Witnesses said the first blast inside the Jolo cathedral in the provincial capital sent churchgoers, some […]
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Art history’s favorite Catholic critic, Sister Wendy Beckett, dies at 88.
Sister Wendy Beckett, an art historian and critic who rose to prominence on TV late in life, has died. She was 88.
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In new book, Pope Francis says he is worried about homosexuality in the priesthood
Pope Francis has been quoted as saying that having gays in the clergy “is something that worries me” and remarking that some societies are considering homosexuality a “fashionable” lifestyle.
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Buffalo bishop will not resign over handling of sex abuse
Bishop Richard Malone says he will not resign in wake of local media reports that he mismanaged sexual abuse complaints.
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Loyola’s Sister Jean celebrating 99th birthday
The university held a campus party with students and school staffers Tuesday for Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt.
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Pope adviser blasts pro-crucifix bill in Italy: ‘Hands off!’
A close adviser to Pope Francis criticized legislation proposed by Italy’s anti-migrant League party to require ports and other public institutions to display a crucifix.
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Immigrant held after delivering pizza to an Army base released
An Ecuadorean immigrant who was held for deportation after delivering pizza to a Brooklyn Army installation walked out of an immigration detention center house hours after a judge ordered his immediate release.
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Chile announces wide probe into Catholic Church sex abuse
Chile has investigated 158 members of the country’s Roman Catholic Church for committing or covering up sexual abuse against minors and adults, the national prosecutor’s office said Monday.
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Pope appeals for end of migrant shipwrecks, prays for dead
Pope Francis has lamented the latest migrant deaths in shipwrecks of smugglers’ boats and entreated nations to act swiftly to prevent more tragedies.