Father Dan Corrou says all Jesuit Refugee Service operations have been suspended. Many of the agency’s employees, like thousands of other residents of southern Lebanon, are fleeing toward Beirut or making plans to.
Politics & Society
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South African bishop on ordination: No to women, yes to married men.
“If women are doing practically everything that a deacon is doing … [why] do we want to draw women into clericalism when we are having so many problems with it?”
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‘Disappointed’ Cardinal Dolan holds out hope Harris will join Trump at the Al Smith dinner
Cardinal Dolan of New York still held out hope that the Democratic nominee could change her plans and join the event which her Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, is now planning to attend.
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‘Vote no on both’: Arizona Catholics oppose ballot initiatives restricting immigration, expanding abortion
A number of states will vote on expanding or maintaining access to abortion this November, but voters in Arizona will also weigh in on a ballot initiative restricting immigration.
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Kamala Harris to skip Al Smith dinner, annual Catholic charity event and staple for presidential nominees
Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend the Al Smith charity dinner on Oct. 17.
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Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams despite doubts about guilt
Missouri plans to proceed with the lethal injection of Marcellus Williams on Sept. 24, despite doubts about his guilt and widespread backlash.
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Donald Trump’s ‘eating pets’ claim is part of a long history of racism against Haitians
I am ashamed to say it, but Trump’s claim that Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, were eating people’s pets reminds me so much of the way Haitians are treated in my home country, the Dominican Republic.
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The killing of an eco-defender in Honduras highlights a global problem of impunity
Juan López was gunned down as he was leaving Mass by a still unidentified assassin, becoming the latest casualty among defenders of creation and Indigenous and human rights in Honduras.
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The pro-life movement must reject the false dichotomy between women and the unborn
If we are to be truly pro-life, we must advocate for both with equal fervor.
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Ohio bishops issue statement: ‘Standing with our Haitian brothers and sisters’
After former president Donald Trump amplified unsubstantiated claims that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets, the state’s bishops called for solidarity with ‘our Haitian brothers and sisters.’