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A woman places a flower at a makeshift memorial on April 25 near the Toronto sidewalk where 10 people were killed on April 23 after a van ran into them. (CNS photo/Michael Swan, The Catholic Register)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Dean Dettloff
Suggesting that people who struggle with their mental health are likely to be violent is dangerous, especially when people with disabilities are more likely to be the victims of violence than perpetrators.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
“People who suffer from severe and persistent mental illnesses are among the most misunderstood, ignored and unjustly stigmatized members of our society,” the bishops write.
In this March 31, 2018, file photo, Chinese acolytes pray during a Holy Saturday Mass on the evening before Easter at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, a government-sanctioned Catholic church in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
FaithDispatches
Hong Kong contributor
The Chinese Communist Party sees young people turning to religion as an alarming trend.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kate Stein
After losing a church in the Florida Keys to a hurricane, the Archdiocese of Miami looks to protect its properties from the rising sea.
An Indian Residential school run by the church in the Northwest Territories, year unknown. Credit: Canada. Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys / Library and Archives Canada
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Dean Dettloff
"A future Papal visit to Canada may be considered, taking into account all circumstances, and including an encounter with the Indigenous Peoples as a top priority.” It does not say this encounter would mean an apology.
In this June 2016 photo, Patrick Conroy, S.J., chaplain of the House of Representatives, delivers an interfaith message on the steps of the Capitol in Washington for the victims of the mass shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The U.S. House rejected a proposal to investigate the ouster of Patrick Conroy, S.J., by Speaker Paul Ryan, and one Republican calls for a chaplain with children.