Most Catholic schools across the country did not sanction walkouts, but planned to support youth-led advocacy through prayer.
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Catholics, Muslims urged to look inward first in interreligious efforts
“We have to begin with our own attitudes—not just Catholics who are prejudiced, but…my attitude towards my fellow Catholics who I may perceive as Islamophobic.”
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New law allows Israel to revoke residency of East Jerusalem Palestinians
The law also will allow for the state to deport anyone whose residency status has been withdrawn.
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U.K. cardinal to Catholic school teachers: Don’t embrace “gender ideology”
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster suggested that children would find their “greatest joy” by accepting their biological sex.
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Bishop accuses U.N. troops of rape in the Central African Republic
“Women are selling their bodies to the Blue Helmets out of desperation,” said Bishop Juan Aguirre Munoz of Bangassou.
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Fear of ICE keeps some participants away from Encuentro gathering
“There has been fear for years, but with the new administration, it is more severe.”
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Christian activists warn of slaughter of Syrian civilians in Afrin
People in and around Afrin are facing the warplanes, tanks, artillery and other heavy weapons of NATO’s second-largest standing army, Turkey.
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Romero’s miracle for canonization: Healing a woman of a life-threatening condition
Her husband was skeptical but prayed to Blessed Oscar Romero to save his wife.
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Immigrant advocate Sister Norma Pimentel to receive Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal
Sister Norma Pimentel has given her life to welcoming Christ in the immigrant and refugee.
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New light of the anti-abortion movement — an accomplished woman with Down syndrome
Karen Gaffney has swum the English Channel, given a TEDx talk and received an honorary doctorate.