Archbishop Wester: “Countless nonprofits and civic organizations work to fill food baskets, but some legislators want to take food out of another basket, the grocery basket, with their proposed food tax.”
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‘Creating a Culture of Encounter’ is the theme for National Migration Week
“The week serves as both a time for prayer and action to highlight the contributions of immigrants and vulnerable populations coming to the United States.”
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Video surfaces of priest kidnapped by ISIS
Dear Pope Francis, dear Holy Father, as a father please take care of my life. I am very much depressed. My health is deteriorating,” the priest is seen saying.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
New York’s Cardinal Dolan will pray at Trump’s inauguration
Cardinal Dolan said he looks forward “to asking Almighty God to inspire and guide our new President and to continue to bless our great Nation.”
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Trump divided my family. Viceland helped bring us back together.
The greatest gift parents can offer their children is the space to allow them to become fully themselves.
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Learning from Carrie Fisher and the rest of the secular saints we lost in 2016
These people’s lives gave us a glimpse of something meaningful, something that liberated or encouraged us.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis and Donald Trump dominate our most read stories of 2016
Besides politics, readers were interested in stories about liturgy, racism, interfaith issues and gender.
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In Christmas message, Pope Francis calls for peace
He prayed for people across the globe, and especially for the people of Aleppo.
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One day after Christmas, Pope Francis focuses on contemporary Christian martyrs
“There are more martyrs in the world today than in the early centuries of Christianity,” Francis told thousands of pilgrims.
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600 years of pain and resilience are on show at the new Museum of African American History.
As the historic presidency of Barack Obama comes to an end, our country is reminded that the African-American story continues to be written today.