Franciscans and Muslims worked together to make a new documentary about the encounter.
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Iraqi Christians’ status more stable but still precarious
The United States last year called Islamic State’s atrocities in the region constituted genocide.
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U.S. bishops’ policy chair calls Senate tax bill ‘fundamentally flawed’
“The Senate proposal is fundamentally flawed as written and requires amendment,” said Bishop Frank J. Dewane in a Nov. 22 letter to senators.
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New museum tells the story of the Bible — chapter and verse
The $500 million museum contains six floors, a theatre, gift shops and restaurants.
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Cardinal Dolan says bishops’ pro-life committee remains focused on abortion and assisted suicide
In his remarks Nov. 13, the first day of the USCCB meeting, Cardinal Dolan, the committee chairman, said assisted suicide and abortion remain the focus of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities.
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How Catholic-Lutheran ecumenical efforts have borne fruit in past 50 years
An event at Georgetown University commemorates the 500th year of the Protestant reformation with a discussion on the progress of Catholic-Lutheran ecumenical efforts, revealing both remaining tensions and improved relations.
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U.S. Bishops’ Labor Day message: “Unions must retain and recover their prophetic voice”
“The entire social pact is built around work. This is the core of the problem. Because when you do not work, or you work badly, you work little or you work too much, it is democracy that enters into crisis, and the entire social pact.”
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Court rules that company can take nuns’ land to build natural gas pipeline
“Clearly, the harm alleged by Transco outweighs this harm alleged by the Adorers,” the court opinion read.
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Getting a health care bill through Congress fraught with difficulties
It is obvious that passing legislation on health care is going to be a heavy lift in Congress.
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USCCB: Retain open internet ‘by strongest legal authority available’
The USCCB is “concerned that the FCC is contemplating eliminating current regulations limiting the manner by which the companies controlling the infrastructure connect people to the internet,” said USCCB assistant general counsel Katherine
Grincewich.