Australian bishops’ group urges a rejection of same-sex marriage in a national referendum, but other church leaders tell voters to follow their consciences.
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Cardinals lead re-consecration of Canada to Mary
To celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday and to mark the 70th anniversary of its consecration to Mary, Canada’s three cardinals led the nation’s bishops in a ceremony Sept. 26 to re-consecrate the nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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Vatican official condemns discrimination against women in speech to United Nations
The archbishop explained that women are “too often undervalued” and vulnerable to discrimination, not only when they are part of an ethnic, religious or linguistic minority, but for simply being women.
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Catholic groups decry end of special immigration status for Sudan
“This is a cruel and inhumane decision,” said Jeanne Atkinson, CLINIC’s executive director. “There is absolutely no need to send people who are living peacefully, raising their children and contributing to the American economy and society back to a country where their lives could immediately be put at risk.”
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In the Trump era, music is not just a distraction. It’s a chance for communion.
Paul McCartney’s concert was a much-needed reminder that joy and beauty and love are not crushed by darkness.
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Jesuit in Puerto Rico says hurricane devastation is ‘apocalyptic’
“It’s an avalanche of disasters, one disaster after another disaster.”
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While volunteers rebuild Mexican towns, a bishop accuses the government of stealing credit
The government response in Mexico City has been swift, but surrounding towns devastated by last week’s earthquake are frustrated by the slow arrival of aid.
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Pope Francis calls for nuclear weapons reduction as U.S.-North Korea tensions escalate
Speaking at the United Nations, the Vatican’s secretary for relations with states, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, said the “world is awash” with weapons.
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Cardinal Bo defends Aung San Suu Kyi, calls for healing and justice In Myanmar
“The trigger to violence and the aggressive response are lamentable,” Cardinal Bo said in his carefully worded statement.
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Barbara Blaine, founder of abuse victims group SNAP, dies
Blaine founded SNAP in 1988, years after she was abused as an 8th grader by a Toledo, Ohio, priest who taught at the Catholic school she attended, according to the organization’s website. Her pleas for help to Toledo’s bishop were ignored. The group gained prominence in 2002 after the Boston Globe’s stories on the priest sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Catholic Church.