As the nation continues its apparently endless debate on comprehensive immigration reform members of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops joined together this morning with residents migrants and advocates at the border in Nogales Arizona There they celebrated Mass together to remember the tho
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
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Pope and President Exchange Views/Gifts in First Meeting
One man stepped into his new role promising change but has struggled to deliver it; the other, considered a “safe” choice by the men who elected him, turned out to be an effortless instigator of change from the moment he stepped onto a Vatican balcony, greeting the world with a humble re
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When Pope and President Meet
One man stepped into his new role promising change but has struggled to deliver it; the other, considered a “safe” choice by the men who elected him, turned out to be an effortless instigator of change from the moment he stepped out onto a Vatican balcony, greeting the world with a humbl
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Jesuits Report Surge of Inquiries
As the first anniversary of the election of Pope Francis approached in mid-March, the Pew Research Religion and Public Life Project noted the pope’s overwhelming popularity but reported it could not tease out a discernible “Francis effect” in the behavior of American Catholics. Pew
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Can Christian Churches Find a Peaceful Way Out of Crimea Crisis?
U.S. warships steamed toward the Black Sea on a “routine deployment” as the Russian military solidified its hold on the Crimean peninsula on March 7. With Russian soldiers encircling Ukraine military outposts, a hastily reconstituted Crimean parliament, in a further provocation, voted to
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Francis Effect: Jesuits Report Surge in Vocation Inquiries
Pew Research says it can 39 t tease out a discernable Pope ldquo Francis effect rdquo in the behavior of American Catholics but maybe it needs to look beyond its telephone surveys Talking to some vocation directors might make a good start Jesuit vocations officers for instance are reporting
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The People’s Pope: A popular Pope Francis raises expectations for change
Despite the pope’s immense popularity, there is little evidence of a “Francis effect.”
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‘Our Lampedusa’: Nogales, Arizona
The U S Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration joined by bishops on the border will travel to Nogales Arizona March 30-April 1 to tour the U S -Mexico border and celebrate Mass on behalf of the close to 6 000 migrants who have died in the U S desert since 1998 According to the
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Cease-Fire Collapses as Conflict Turns Key City Into ‘Ghost Town’
A cease-fire that seemed to offer a chance for a peaceful resolution to months-long conflict in the world’s newest nation, South Sudan, has unraveled. Intermittent fighting has continued since the cease-fire agreement was signed on Jan. 23. But now in Malakal, a key city in an oil-producing re
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Dhimmi-nishment in Syria?
Christians who remain in Syria 39 s Raqqa province nbsp may now be subject to a quot dhimmi pact quot In classical Islamic law a dhimmi or ldquo protected person rdquo is allowed to live in Muslim lands provided he pays the jizya a residency tax in a state of submission and abides by other