Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, has repeated — without evidence — claims about Haitian immigrants eating the pets of residents in Springfield, Ohio.
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FBI investigating apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump
Former president Donald J. Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Sept. 15, weeks after being wounded in a previous attack during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
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Trump launches ‘Catholics for Trump’ coalition as poll shows Catholics lean Harris
In the wake of recent polling showing Kamala Harris leading among American Catholics, the Trump campaign has launched a new Catholic outreach initiative.
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Pope Benedict XVI’s former private secretary Georg Gänswein begins role as apostolic nuncio in Lithuania
Archbishop Georg Gänswein’s appointment as Apostolic Nuncio for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania calls attention to the Catholic Church’s support for Ukraine
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Terror suspects who threatened Pope Francis arrested in Indonesia
Not long after Pope Francis left Indonesia, authorities there announced they had arrested seven people for making online “terror threats” against the pope.
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Israel plunges into massive protests as Israeli-American, 5 other hostages found murdered in Gaza tunnel
After Israel recovered the bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza, including the body of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, President Biden, who has met with Hersh’s parents, said, “Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes.”
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Diocese sues immigration agencies over rule change that could force thousands of foreign-born priests to leave
The Diocese of Paterson, N.J., argues that the change “will cause severe and substantial disruption to the lives and religious freedoms” of the priests as well as the hundreds of thousands of Catholics they serve.
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U.S. bishops denounce the exploitation of migrants and children in Labor Day message
This Labor Day, may we recognize all the laborers in the Lord’s vineyard and embrace them for who they truly are—our brothers and sisters.
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East Timor’s sex abuse scandal has been ignored by many Catholics. Can Pope Francis’ visit change that?
The pope’s visit comes only two years after the Vatican acknowledged that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo had sexually abused young boys.
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It’s a tough time for college presidents, but Tania Tetlow thrives as a trailblazer at Fordham
Tania Tetlow, the first woman and first layperson to serve as president of Fordham University, has broken barriers and navigated controversies amid rising tensions on campus related to the Israel-Hamas war.