A Catholic farmer in Michigan is suing the city of East Lansing after he was barred from a municipal farmers market over his views on same-sex marriage.
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Protecting creation is not optional, Vatican says, day after Trump pulls out of Paris Agreement
Christians and Muslims, believers in one God, have an obligation to safeguard the world God created, said the Vatican’s annual message to Muslims for the end of Ramadan.
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Trump pulls out of the Paris agreement: Catholic leaders respond
It is clear that the president either has not yet read “Laudato Si'”, or he simply disagrees with what the pontiff said.
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U.S. bishops urge Trump to honor Paris climate agreement
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops “is on record supporting prudent action to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change.”
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Canadian Catholic TV network relies on young adults to evangelize the world
Launched in 2003, Salt & Light Media now has a new home in downtown Toronto.
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Meet the nun who’s transforming companies into socially responsible corporations
“For many years if anyone from General Electric would see Sister Pat on the streets of New York they would cross the street to avoid her,” the GE executive recalled. “Today, I knew she was going to be here and I looked for her at breakfast.”
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Trump will reverse Obamacare’s birth control mandate
The Trump administration is moving to reverse Obamacare’s requirement that most employers provide free coverage of birth control to their employees.
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Now you can explore the artwork of the world’s oldest Christian cemetery
The Catacombs of St. Domitilla are believed to be the world’s oldest existing Christian cemetery and are among the largest in Italy with a total of some 150,000 burial spots.
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Pope Francis will not visit South Sudan in 2017
With the civil war worsening and famine spreading, Pope Francis already in March had expressed doubts about the possibility of making the trip.
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Why these cloistered nuns are taking to Facebook
The 10 nuns who live behind the high walls of the convent in Oristano are breaking their silence and turning their back on tradition.