“Pray for good weather,” he said to laughs. “But also pray for what God wants you to learn from the experience.”
Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
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Bishop Cantu calls for diplomacy to ease U.S.-North Korea differences
The “high certainty of catastrophic death and destruction from any military action must prompt the United States to work with others in the international community for a diplomatic and political solution based on dialogue.”
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Ohio artist restores religious statues, stirs memories of closed parishes
Lou McClung has made it his vocation to preserve artifacts from closed churches in Northeast Ohio.
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Nuns welcome activists to pray in a new chapel blocking gas pipeline’s path
Allowing the pipeline through the property would run contrary to the congregation’s Land Ethic.
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U.S., European bishops call for a plan to eliminate nuclear weapons
“The indiscriminate and disproportionate nature of nuclear weapons compel the world to move beyond nuclear deterrence,” the declaration said.
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Faith leaders challenge morality of U.S. budget priorities
More than a dozen leaders lined up shoulder-to-shoulder in a unified front to defend a broad array of domestic and international aid programs that, they argued, sustain life.
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U.S. bishops urge Trump to honor Paris climate agreement
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops “is on record supporting prudent action to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change.”
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Protestors bring Pope Francis’ call to protect creation to climate march
Hundreds of Catholics joined the People’s Climate March to call for moral and prayerful action to protect creation.
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Judge John Noonan remembered for recognizing common humanity of all people
Noonan was a prolific writer, authoring books on topics of concern to the church such as contraception, abortion and religious freedom, as well as legal subjects.
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Trump’s climate policy “neither protects our common home nor promotes the common good,” Catholic leaders say
Reversing any effort that reduces greenhouse gas pollution endangers the planet and puts the world’s most vulnerable people at risk, the advocates said.