The discovery of the unmarked graves of First Nations’ children led to renewed calls for a papal apology in Canada to respond to the legacy of residential schools and revived questions about the church’s role in colonialism in Canada.
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Biden and abortion could change the bishops’ culture of consensus at next week’s USCCB meeting
When U.S. bishops meet virtually next week, most eyes will be focused on a controversial vote related to the Eucharist that some fear politicizes Communion by taking aim at the nation’s second Catholic president.
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How (and why) 8,000 migrants breached the Spanish-Moroccan border — and what it says about Europe’s migration crisis
Relations between Morocco and Spain are complex, fraught with clashing political and economic interests—with thousands of migrants caught in the middle.
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Eucharistic adoration is making a comeback among young Catholics
Eucharistic adoration—a practice with roots in the medieval church—is now an integral part of ministry to young Catholics.
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The Catholic Church wants air time in Zimbabwe. But the government is (still) saying no.
Zimbabwe’s broadcasting authorities promise to liberalize national media, but those concessions have not been extended to religious broadcasters at Catholic dioceses.
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Is cursive dead? Not for this Catholic school 5th grader
Caitlyn Ngo, a student at St. Edmund’s Catholic Academy in Brooklyn, N.Y., was recently crowned the Fifth Grade Grand National Champion in the 2021 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest.
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Father Stan Swamy, 84-year-old imprisoned Indian Jesuit, has Covid-19
Stan Swamy, S.J., has tested positive for Covid-19, two weeks after the Jesuits in India suspected that he had been infected with the coronavirus.
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Meet the Catholic sister who is willing to risk her life (again) to stop the violence in Myanmar
Sister Nu Tawng describes a nation living in fear of its own government, where arrest may come at any time or for any reason.
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Jerusalem’s archbishop: Thank God for the cease-fire. But the everyday violence in the Holy Land continues.
“Violence is also in the language, in the political decisions, in the conditions of life under which the Gaza population has been living many years.”
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Mass without masks? It’s waiting for you—when you’re ready.
Many dioceses are dropping mask requirements and social distancing rules for fully vaccinated worshippers, relying on an honor system as pandemic restrictions ease further.