Cardinal J. Francis Stafford and Kevin Flannery, S.J., talk about the future of the pro-life movement in the United States.
As thousands arrive in Washington for the 40th March for Life, the event has a joyful energy mixed with a serious undertone.
Recent political activity gives U.S. Catholic leaders hope that immigration reform will progress through Congress.
Protesters call on the faith community to rally support for new gun laws.
This January marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the document that paved the way for ending slavery in the U.S.
2013 marks the anniversaries of two major civil rights events.
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"I'm going to Mexico not as a wise man bearing things, messages, ideas or solutions to problems...But I will seek the wealth of faith that you have; I want to come in contact with that wealth of faith."
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The German church's special representative for refugees said he believed a cap would violate the Geneva Convention and Germany's Basic Law. "Christians cannot allow people who've faced untold suffering and are needing help to encounter closed borders," Archbishop Stefan Hesse of Hamburg said.
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"Archbishop Nienstedt has a deep concern for the church, and in light of the unintended discord that his presence was causing, he decided that this would be the best course of action so the church can remain focused on its mission."
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For the hundreds of South Sudanese refugee children settled into a Ugandan camp, learning how to react without violence is as much a part of their schoolwork as academic pursuits.The refugee families, who have fled two years of ethnic fighting in newly independent South Sudan, value the material the