Black churches will be redoubling efforts to maintain access to the ballot box.
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One year after ISIS rampage, Christians ponder their future in Iraq
A year after ISIS stormed across Nineveh, survivors wonder when, or if, they will ever be able to return home.
Milwaukee Archdiocese reaches $21 million settlement with abuse survivors
The settlement is part of an agreement on a reorganization plan reached by the archdiocese and unsecured creditors committee, which has sought compensation for victims/survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
Bishop Oscar Cantu asks for increased vigilance after small explosion at Las Cruces’ church
Bishop Cantu asks pastors, deacons and parish leaders ‘to exercise increased vigilance’
Those who ‘visit the prisoner’ explain what it’s like behind bars
Although mentioned in one of Jesus’ parables, only a very hardy few visit prisoners.
Cardinal O’Malley urges senators to back measure to defund Planned Parenthood
The head of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee Aug. 3 urged U.S. senators to take the federal money that goes to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and instead fund women’s health care providers that do not promote abortion.
LA judge invalidates IHM convent sale
Archdiocese argued sale violated California law protecting the elderly
U.S. Bishops ‘welcome’ Obama proposals on coal emissions
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, welcomed the White House’s Clean Power Plan that establishes federal limits on carbon emissions from coal-fired power plans
Holy See: int’l cooperation needed to end Mideast conflicts
The Holy See has renewed its call for international cooperation to bring to an end the conflicts in the Middle East and help care for the millions of refugees from Iraq and the Syrian war.
CRS strengthens civil society groups in fractured Lebanon
When Samar Shalhoub and some friends wanted to better protect children in Lebanon from abuse and violence, they turned their dream into a nonprofit organization. They registered with the government and got to work holding workshops on bullying and ways that children could protect themselves against
