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Faith can help cleanse societal waters of racism, says Cardinal Wuerl
Mark Zimmerman - Catholic News Service April 19, 2018
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl said the concept of race is not a biological reality, but a social construct.
Central American migrants gather before continuing their journey on March 31 in Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. (CNS photo/Jose Jesus Cortes, Reuters)
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Catholic leaders condemn President Trump’s plan to send troops to the border
Michael J. O’Loughlin April 05, 2018
Bishops call the policy dangerous and unwise and urge the administration to be more welcoming to migrants trying to enter the United States.
Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl greets young people during a pro-life youth rally and Mass at Capital One Arena in Washington Jan. 19 before the annual March for Life. (CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard)
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Cardinal Wuerl urges parishes to implement ‘Amoris Laetitia’
Michael J. O’Loughlin March 03, 2018
“The rule to follow in all cases,” the reflection says of family ministry, “is the love and mercy of the Lord.”
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Texas bishops cut ties with Texas Right to Life
Paul Stinson March 02, 2018
The divergence in Texas might be viewed as a microcosm of the national debate over what it means to be pro-life.
Activists and recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, march up Broadway in New York City on Feb. 15 during the start of their "Walk to Stay Home," a five-day 250-mile walk from New York to Washington to demand that Congress pass a clean DREAM Act to save the program. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters) 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
‘Lives in the balance’: U.S. bishops’ call-in urges action for Dreamers
J.D. Long-García February 26, 2018
“Now is the time to pass legislation that enables the Dreamers to become citizens and full contributing members of our society,” said Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles.
In this April 9, 2009, file photo, Hong Kong's outspoken cardinal Joseph Zen speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong. The retired archbishop of Hong Kong has slammed the Holy See's negotiations with Beijing as a "catastrophe" that would bring suffering to millions of worshippers, as a bitter dispute inside the Roman Catholic Church over its future in China escalates in a dramatic fashion. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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Retired cardinal criticizes Vatican negotiations with China
Gerry Shih - Associated Press February 07, 2018
Zen said the Vatican had "given in" to the Communist Party
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