Outspoken Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is to curb his tirades against the Catholic Church after agreeing to a moratorium on statements deriding priests and bishops.
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Encuentro process aims to identify, train 20,000 Hispanics to be leaders
Alicia Carrillo is one of the 20,000 new Hispanic Catholic ministry leaders that the National Fifth Encuentro of Hispanic Latino Ministry process aims to identify and train.
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How facing religious discrimination challenged one sister to move past bias
After applying for an internship, I was told I would not be able to wear my religious habit. How could I reconcile this bias with my Catholic faith?
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At regional encuentro, hard work, joy-infused faith yield concrete ideas
In an unremarkable-looking conference room at a hotel in downtown Portland — a city known for its dearth of traditional religious practice — a gathering of Catholics from five states did something remarkable.
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I wanted to become a Catholic. But first I had to give up the Eucharist—and porn.
At the start of my senior year of college, I was taking the Eucharist every day. The problem was, I was not Catholic.
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Democrats face challenges engaging faith voters
Roberts, now president of UMW, said these days, the Democratic Party seems to have lost its way when it comes to embracing supporters with a religious identity, including those he grew up with in coal country and whose faith drove them to work to elect those who believed that “all of God’s children should have equal opportunity in this society.”
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‘Tag’ movie based on three-decade chase game of Jesuit school friends
A group of Catholic high school friends has kept in touch — literally — since graduating more than 30 years ago from Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Washington.
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“Students in Catholic schools exhibit more self-discipline than those in other public schools,” study says
A new study conducted by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found that children in Catholic schools are less disruptive and have more self-control than their peers in non-Catholic or public schools.
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“Serving Others in God’s Love,” is the theme for 2018 Religious Freedom Week
The U.S. Catholic Church’s 2018 religious freedom observance begins June 22, the feast of two English martyrs who fought religious persecution — Sts. John Fisher and St. Thomas More — and ends June 29, the feast of two apostles martyred in Rome — Sts. Peter and Paul.
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Bruce Springsteen’s Broadway magic trick
In “Springsteen on Broadway,” song, story and storyteller merge.