If conditions in Honduras continue to deteriorate, “get ready to receive more migrants,” Father Melo told U.S. lawmakers.
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Speaker Ryan and Ambassador Brownback address National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
Ryan lauded the twin principles of subsidiarity and solidarity as the best approach to dealing with issues, rather than relying on government to solve every problem.
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Everyone must have affordable health care, Vatican official says
The need for universal health care coverage was a major topic at the World Health Assembly meeting.
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Can the church keep up with artificial intelligence?
The pope’s message in Davos was one of a spate of recent Catholic discussions of a technology that is rapidly making its way into our everyday lives, in virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa, the phones in our pockets and, soon enough, in self-driving cars.
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Four DACA bills up for debate on House floor
“They are surfacing the issue forcefully and making the House deal with it,” said William Canny.
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Religious leaders arrested during ‘pray-in’ at U.S. Capitol
The protestors object to widespread racism, voter suppression, anti-immigrant policies and inaction on poverty around the country.
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Religious leaders: NAFTA shouldn’t restrict access to medicines
The leaders sent a letter to President Donald Trump, administration officials and members of Congress.
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Who are the 14 men Pope Francis will make cardinals this year?
“I came to this world very humble and poor, and I want to die poor as well,” said Bolivian cardinal-designate Toribio Ticona Porco.
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Arturo Sosa, S.J. visits Jesuits in Canada for the first time
Follow Father Arturo Sosa’s first visit to the Jesuits in Canada!
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Juan Carlos Cruz: Pope Francis’ words about gay Catholics are a model of welcome
“I saw someone who was caring for someone, not worrying about if we are gay, straight, brown, white.”