The school was placed on lockdown during the nearby attack. None of the students were hurt.
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Pope Francis: World needs peacemakers, not empty words
The pope’s message was released at a Vatican news conference led by Cardinal Peter Turkson
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Care for priests and evangelization discussed during Midwest bishops’ meeting with Pope Francis
In their “ad limina” visit with the pope, the bishops from Ohio and Michigan discussed a wide variety of topics, including the sex abuse crisis and how that impacts the work of priests.
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Iraq’s Christians cancel Christmas celebrations in solidarity with protestors
Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Church in Iraq, decries the sectarianism that is prevalent in his country.
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Bethlehem family feels draw of living in the town of Jesus’ birth
Unlike many other Christian families in the Bethlehem area, none of the Hosh siblings have moved abroad.
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Guards attacked at national shrine in D.C. in apparent domestic incident
The second guard was later stabbed multiple times while inside the crypt area in the lower part of the basilica.
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U.S. Christian Brother kept ‘28-hour days’ to help indigenous Guatemalans
Blessed Miller was beatified Dec. 7 in Huehuetenango, where he was remembered as a martyr for education.
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Supreme Court leaves temporary stop on federal executions in place
U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced in July that the government was reinstating the federal death penalty
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Catholics mark anniversary of Jakelin Caal’s death at the border
Jakelin Caal Maquin died in December 2018 at the El Paso Children’s Hospital in Texas of a bacterial infection
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Court won’t take challenge to Ky. law requiring ultrasound before abortion
The law allows the woman to refuse to view the ultrasound and she may ask the provider to mute the heartbeat if audible.