“Only God knows what their abductors might have done to them, where they would be by now.”
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Canadian bill that would legalize assisted suicide panned by opponents
Canadian bishops said the bill was “an affront to human dignity, an erosion of human solidarity and a danger to all vulnerable persons.”
Sanders: Roman Holiday From Campaign ‘Not Political’
“The pope wants to fix the social injustices in society and I am completely with him on that,” Sanders told Italian media.
Candidate Sanders Arrives in Rome to attend Vatican conference
Sanders arrived in Rome hours after Thursday night’s Brooklyn debate, saying the opportunity to address the Vatican conference was too meaningful to pass up.
CNS Director Tony Spence Forced Out
An emotional Spence said this afternoon that critics went after him “full-court on the blogoshere” over the past few days.
Puerto Rico church strips teachers of pension amid crisis
It has been a devastating blow to Catholic school teachers who had counted on those pensions to supplement the Social Security checks they’ll be getting.
Conference seeks reconsideration of church ‘Just War’ teaching
The appeal calls for non-violent practice and strategies to be developed, promoted and taught in all Church agencies, seminaries, parishes and educational institutes.
Canada’s new assisted suicide bill doesn’t allow visitors
Officials said to take advantage of the law the person would have to be eligible for health services in Canada.
Migrant Mission to Greece Models Catholic-Orthodox Unity
When Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, visit migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos this weekend, they'll be doing more than sending a political message about the need to welcome refugees.Christianity's two most
Stigma, lack of health care, fake drugs impeding HIV fight
Having HIV “is purely a medical condition,” Loretto Sister Mary Owens said; she wants people to know “how unjust it is to stigmatize people…who are so vulnerable.”
