Catholic healthcare leaders continue to denounce GOP efforts to “reform and repeal” the Affordable Care Act.
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For one Chicago parish, Gregorian Chant resonates
With chant “you’re expressing something in pure melody.”
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Judge John Noonan remembered for recognizing common humanity of all people
Noonan was a prolific writer, authoring books on topics of concern to the church such as contraception, abortion and religious freedom, as well as legal subjects.
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Who has the most influential moral voice in the United States today? Our readers told us.
“People listen to those who are talking the talk and walking the walk. You become influential when you relentlessly and unwaveringly pursue what’s right.”
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Georgetown liturgy does penance for sale of 272 enslaved people in 1838
Georgetown University and the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States began a process of penance and restitution, acknowledging an institutional sin in 1838 which preserved the university but condemned 272 to slavery in Louisiana.
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Thousands of new Catholics join church in ‘mother of all vigils’
The U.S. Catholic Church welcomed thousands of new Catholics at the Easter Vigil on April 15 in churches big and small across the country.
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US bishops urge Arkansas officials to abandon rush of executions in April
Remarkably, the death sentences are being pushed through this month in an effort to beat the May expiration date for the state’s supply of midazolam, a controversial sedative that is one of three drugs used in lethal injections.
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Catholics of all ages have similar negative impressions of Muslims, new data says
Three in 10 Catholics admit to having unfavorable views about Muslims, Catholics are less likely than other Americans to know a Muslim personally, and nearly 50 percent of Catholics can’t name any similarities between Catholicism and Islam.
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Atlanta archbishop says clericalism continues to hinder sex abuse reforms
“It is the ugly face of clericalism that unfortunately still has too much influence in our church,” Archbishop Gregory said.
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Aloha innovation: the Catholic Church in Hawaii
For the 1.5 million people who live on its six islands, Hawaii is not a vacation fantasyland but home, with its own set of struggles and blessings.