Celebrated the Sunday before the opening of the Supreme Court’s term, the annual Mass invokes the Holy Spirit upon those who are responsible for the administration of justice.
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Building indigenous relations remains a priority for Canadian bishops
Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Lonueuil, Quebec, said a possible papal visit was not a major topic at the bishops’ plenary gathering Sept. 25-29, but reconciliation with indigenous people remains high on the conference’s agenda.
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If St. Louis is the “new Selma,” what role will Catholics play in racial reconciliation?
Last month, Jason Stockley, the white police officer who killed Anthony Lamar Smith, a 24-year-old black man, was acquitted. How did the city of St. Louis respond?
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40 Catholic institutions plan to divest from fossil fuels
Divestment from fossil fuels is one way to “look at how one applies the teachings” of “Laudato Si’.”
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Diocese warns students: Don’t kneel during national anthem
A Roman Catholic diocese that students and spectators cannot kneel or otherwise protest when the national anthem is played.
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Independence vote in Catalonia tests Spain’s surprisingly fragile democracy
Spanish police tried to shut down polling places and fired rubber bullets to prevent Catalans from voting in the Oct. 1 referendum for independence.
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Pope Francis: Politicians must help people overcome fear of migrants
Pope Francis urged them to oppose “one-way streets of exasperated individualism” and “the dead ends of corruption.”
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Here’s what we are supposed to believe about immigration as Catholics
Catholic social teaching does not allow us to consider immigration in the abstract; we must recognize that human beings migrate for legitimate reasons.
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How one Jesuit grad is building Tiny Homes to end chronic homelessness
Tiny homes—you’ve probably heard of them. They’re littered all over Instagram and Pinterest, and HGTV has dedicated a show to hunting them. But what you probably haven’t heard about is how they could be a solution to end chronic homelessness. This week we talk to Andrew Lunetta, a graduate of LeMoyne University, who is the […]
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How one Jesuit grad is building Tiny Homes to end chronic homelessness
Tiny homes—you’ve probably heard of them. But you probably haven’t heard how they could solve chronic homelessness.