The EPA has decided to roll back an Obama-era regulation to curb carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
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San Diego bishop celebrates special Mass for parents of L.G.B.T. Catholics
The U.S. bishops’ committee on marriage and family released the letter “Always Our Children” in 1997 as an attempt to encourage parents not to abandon their gay and lesbian children and to assure them of God’s love.
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Pope Francis: Canon law must serve Vatican II vision of the church
The Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law is an instrument that must serve the church’s pastoral mission of bringing God’s mercy to all and leading them to salvation, Pope Francis said.
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Pope Francis recognizes the martyrdom of Franciscan priest and layman killed in Guatemala
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of nine men and women, including a Franciscan priest who championed the land rights of farmers in Guatemala.
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Spanish church leaders seek unity as Catalonia considers independence
Spanish Cardinal: Catalonian call for independence is “an act of sedition, fraud and betrayal.”
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Poverty, violence hinder progress for many women, girls, says Vatican’s UN representative
Conditions in many parts of the world force women and girls to bear the burden of carrying out everyday chores for their families and communities, keeping many of them from getting even a basic education, the Vatican’s U.N. nuncio said Oct. 6.
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Listen to families on ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ bishops and theologians say
“Amoris Laetitia” has yet to resonate with many black Catholics in the United States.
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North Carolina imam urges Congress to ‘celebrate’ difference
Imam Abdullah Antepli gave the opening prayer in the House of Representatives and delivered a plea for celebrating differences.
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Trump administration expands exemptions on contraceptive mandate
Religious groups that had opposed the mandate were pleased with the administration’s action.
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Anti-nuclear coalition wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel committee honored ICAN for its efforts to achieve a prohibition of nuclear weapons under international law through the U.N.