Bishop Vasa called on all Catholics of the diocese to help their brothers and sisters who “have been severely impacted by the devastating fires and are in immediate need of your prayers.”
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Are you Latino or Hispanic?
For National Hispanic Heritage month, we ask: Do you prefer “Hispanic” or “Latino”?
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God Bless America!
From the archives (June 17, 1961) From the Eternal City, where he is engaged in historical research, Fr. Dunne, S.J., tells how it feels to read the news from back home the morning after a race riot in Alabama. In seven consecutive issues in June and July, 1949, America published what was later to become […]
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Jesuit groups call Trump’s border wall a distraction as migrants suffer
Poverty and criminal violence are pushing hundreds of thousands of people northward while escalated deportations are tearing families apart in the United States.
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John Dickerson of CBS News talks Trump, journalism and his Catholic faith
John Dickerson, host of Face the Nation, sits down with America’s editor in chief Matt Malone, S.J.
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Catholic group will accept the Boy Scouts’ decision to allow girls to join
They will “accept and work with the new membership policy of the Boy Scouts of America” to admit girls.”
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Find ways to keep migrant families together, Vatican official says
“The migrant family is a crucial component of our globalized world,” said Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Vatican observer to U.N. agencies in Geneva.
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Catholic high schools have varied stances on athletes ‘taking a knee’ during the national anthem
Players felt “compelled to raise awareness for the marginalized.”
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Five things Hollywood could learn from the Catholic Church after Harvey Weinstein
The sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church is a warning that Hollywood cannot try to minimize or downplay the actions of Harvey Weinstein.
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Bishop says President Trump’s immigration proposals do not reflect U.S. tradition
Trump’s new immigration policy proposals “are not reflective of our country’s immigrant past, and they attack the most vulnerable.”