The Jan. 22 Mass and a Holy Hour that preceded it were timed to coincide with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signing of the Reproductive Health Act, legislation that effectively removed restrictions on abortion in New York.
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Marginalized take center stage at World Youth Day Panama
One of World Youth Day’s first event focused on the plight of populations most of the world rarely sees or comes across: the indigenous.
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Swiss Guard replaces metal helmets with 3D-printed plastic headgear
The Swiss Guards used the new helmets during a special ceremony Jan. 22 at the Vatican commemorating the 513th anniversary of their foundation.
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How World Youth Day is changing the church
How World Youth Day is changing the church
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Baltimore archbishop reflects on effects of racism, calls for ‘repentance, action’
On January 21, 2019, Martin Luther King Day, Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore issued his second pastoral reflection on racism in the last year. Entitled “The Journey to Racial Justice: Repentance, Healing and Action,” the reflection discusses the various aspects of racism and what the church can do to combat it.
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Chinese bishop says he’ll work to adapt religion to Chinese influences
The president of China’s state-sanctioned bishops’ conference has pledged to work with the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association to develop the Sinicization of religion in the communist nation.
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Unrest roils Venezuela amid new push to topple Maduro
Venezuela’s re-invigorated opposition faces a crucial test Wednesday as it seeks to fill streets nationwide with protesters in an appeal to the military and the poor to shift loyalties that until recently looked solidly behind President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government.
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Amid wall debate, pope says fear of migration makes us crazy
Pope Francis said Wednesday that fear of migration is “making us crazy” as he began a trip to Central America amid a standoff over President Donald Trump’s promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and a new caravan of migrants heading north.
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Pope invites young people to join global prayer network online
Pope Francis helped launch a new mobile app and online platform connecting people around the world in prayer.
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Bishop says N.Y. abortion bill is ‘Death Star’ that must not become law
Albany’s Catholic bishop has called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to stop the “Death Star” as he called a bill in the state Legislature to expand current state law on abortion that has the full backing of Cuomo, a Catholic.