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Shouting slogans such as "Obama, Obama, where are you? Iraqi Christians need you!" and "Stop the violence in Iraq!" about 150 protesters marched through the streets of downtown Detroit on Aug. 1 to call awareness to the violent persecution of Christians in their native land.Later

Thomas H. Smolich, outgoing president of the U.S. Jesuit Conference, to be the next director

Bishops on root causes of the border crisis and the need to care for children and families

Iraqi Christians brave heat to demand help from United Nations

Votes fall short on bill in response to Hobby Lobby

Doctors who refuse to prescribe birth control pills have become the focus of a debate over physicians' rights to freedom of conscience and religion when practicing medicine.An Alberta doctor faces a human rights complaint for posting a notice at the clinic where she works that she will not presc

Papal astronomer Br. Guy Consolmagno wins Carl Sagan Medal for “outstanding communication.”

The Vatican's secretary of state pledged full support for addressing the issue of child migrants streaming out Central America in search of safety and family reunification in the United States.Pope Francis, meanwhile, described the situation a "humanitarian emergency" and called for th

The Vatican said the latest published interview with Pope Francis, in which he says fighting sex abuse and the mafia will be priorities of his pontificate, should not be considered a record of his exact words.According to the article, published on July 13 in the Rome daily La Repubblica, the pope al

Bishops' conferences from five countries called on Catholics, politicians and society at large to confront the issues causing a flow of unaccompanied minors from Central America—and to tend to them as they travel through Mexico and arrive at the U.S. border."Bishops and their workers