While the foothills of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains have been ablaze, creating red apocalyptic skies and leaving five small towns in ashes, most of the churches in the Archdiocese of Portland have not burned and many have offered shelter to thousands of evacuees.
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Syro-Malabar synod urges dioceses to set up cremation facilities in India
The COVID-19 situation in India has been worsening; India, with more than 4.3 million cases, is now second after the United States.
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Despite pandemic, Brazilians mark annual Cry of the Excluded
The fight against poverty and social inequalities, as well as harsh criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic dictated this year’s Cry of the Excluded protests.
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Vatican: Educational alliance needed to confront pandemic challenges
In a letter to L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, the head of the Congregation for Catholic Education called for an alliance between secular and Catholic educational institutions to confront the challenges caused by the pandemic.
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Navy commander reverses decision to cancel Catholic priests’ contracts
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio: “Catholics in the Navy and everywhere in this country rejoice in the decision by the U.S. Navy to reconsider closing the thriving Catholic programs at naval stations in California.”
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Mass at racetrack among offerings during Colombia’s monthslong lockdown
In Bogota, Columbia, a priest who was unable to celebrate Mass in his parish accepted a company’s invitation to conduct “a drive-in Mass” at an old racetrack.
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At Mexican camp near U.S. border, asylum-seekers grow more desperate
Sister Norma Pimentel says that migrants that come for help ask for safety as well as sustenance.
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U.S.C.C.B. urges Congress, White House to reach COVID-19 relief deal
Archishop Paul S. Coakley, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Domestic Justice and Development, is urging the Congress and the White House to come to an agreement on a COVID relief program.
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Cardinal calls for resettlement of asylum-seekers from Greek island
Amidst a pandemic, migrants suffer even more, as evident in the experiences of those in a Greek island camp.
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St. Damien’s relatives speak up against criticism of his statue in U.S. Capitol
The family members pointed out that the “final Hawaiian choice for Damien in 1965 was very thorough, with the widest possible popular support.”