“We implore you to never use language that disrespects, dehumanizes or demonizes others,” delegates at the Leadership Conference of Women Religious annual assembly wrote in a letter to be sent to President Trump.
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Sex abuse claim made against well-known Chicago priest Father Clements
In an Aug. 8 interview with the Chicago ABC-TV News affiliate, Father Clements called the accusation “totally unfounded.” “Here I am, 87 years old, and I don’t know what this is all about or anything,” he said.
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Franciscans’ Denver meeting first phase of making six provinces into one
Revitalization of Franciscan life and ministry in America is the goal of this multiyear process of restructuring that began in 2012 with discussions by the friars of the six provinces.
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As Hong Kong tensions intensify, Catholics pray for peace
Organizers of the Aug. 8 vigil said they hoped the faithful can remain solely a prayer movement so that tensions ease in the weeks long series of mass demonstrations by Hong Kong citizens opposing a controversial extradition law.
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Bishop: Shootings show ‘all communities are affected by racism’
“This evil affects everyone, and all communities are affected by racism,” said Bishop Shelton J. Fabre.
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Teen who died saving classmates in school shooting made a Knight
Kendrick Castillo, the 18-year-old hero who charged a shooter at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado, was posthumously named a Knight of Columbus.
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Mumbai Catholics open churches for thousands stranded by flooding
Thousands of train passengers were stranded in different areas of the city, Indian’s financial capital, and in other suburbs and towns of Maharashtra state as two days of continuous rain began to submerge rail tracks, forcing authorities to cancel or divert services.
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Burkina Faso church appeals for protection against terror attacks
“If the world continues to do nothing, the result will be the elimination of the Christian presence,” said Bishop Laurent Dabire of Dori, president of the bishops’ conference of Burkina Faso and Niger.
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Archbishop Gregory: Offensive speech is a ‘growing plague’ that ‘must end’
“We must all take responsibility to reject language that ridicules, condemns, or vilifies another person because of their race, religion, gender, age, culture or ethnic background,” the archbishop said.
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Thousands of Philippine Catholics march to defend church leaders
The country’s Justice Department is set to open a preliminary investigation the week of Aug. 5 into sedition and cyber libel charges against church leaders.