A Vatican official condemns the lack of safe and legal channels for migration, citing the dependency that creates among migrants on smugglers and human traffickers who may exploit them.
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Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, ecumenical leader, dies at 85
A leader in ecumenical relations, Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor served as Catholic chairman of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission for two decades.
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Efforts to mend China-Vatican rift seem stalled over bishops
The ruling Communist Party is again telling members that atheism remains a core value, not to be transgressed.
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U.S. Bishops’ Labor Day message: “Unions must retain and recover their prophetic voice”
“The entire social pact is built around work. This is the core of the problem. Because when you do not work, or you work badly, you work little or you work too much, it is democracy that enters into crisis, and the entire social pact.”
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Pope Francis prays for victims of flooding from Hurricane Harvey
Pope Francis “trusts that the immense and immediate needs of so many individuals and communities will continue to inspire a vast outpouring of solidarity and mutual aid in the best traditions of the nation.”
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Canadian dioceses rally to help migrants fleeing U.S.
An estimated 7,000 men, women and children, primarily Haitians, have entered Canada over the summer since U.S. President Donald Trump ended a program offering temporary asylum to Haitians displaced by that nation’s 2010 earthquake.
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Pope Francis, Orthodox patriarch will issue joint plea for care of creation
The forthcoming joint message will ask people of all faiths “to adopt a respectful and responsible approach toward creation.”
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“Everything is lost”: Texas parishes grapple with Harvey
One shocked priest showed the damage to his water-filled church on Facebook Live.
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USCCB leader: Take up a special collection for hurricane victims
Archbishop Gomez suggested that the collection be taken during Masses the weekend of Sept. 2-3 or Sept. 9-10.
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Pope Francis: God wants people to dream big, not listen to cynics
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is like an “arsonist,” the pope said, setting people’s hearts ablaze.