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Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
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Cardinal-designate Cupich urged U.S. bishops to “speak in a pastoral way to calm the fears of people and let them know that we are advocates for them,"
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
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This bill discriminates against our African-American and Hispanic neighbors, sick seniors, the disabled, the uninsured and all who are vulnerable in our community, said Michael Scott, director of the D.C. Catholic Conference.
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The Paris Agreement to combat climate change went into effect on Nov. 4, a landmark deal to tackle global warming amid growing fears that the world is becoming warmer even faster than scientists expected.
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The Vatican announced on Nov. 7 that Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal-designate Joseph Tobin, 64, as the new archbishop of Newark. At the time of his appointment, the Detroit-born archbishop was the leader of the archdiocese of Indianapolis, which he has served since October 2012. He now moves to
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The U.S. bishops were scheduled to concelebrate Mass at St. Peter Claver Church, the largest African-American Catholic congregation in Baltimore, on Nov. 14, the first day of their fall general assembly. • In advance of Black Catholic History Month in November, a delegation of black Catholic pr
The Lebanese parliament elected 81-year-old Michel Aoun, pictured in 2015, as president Oct. 31, ending a two-and-a-half-year power vacuum. (CNS photo/Nabil Mounzer, EPA)
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Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, welcomed the election of a new Lebanese president, ending a two-and-a-half-year power vacuum that had crippled the country's government institutions.
A man carries a European Union flag in London June 24, a day after voters in the United Kingdom decided to leave the EU. (CNS photo/Neil Hall, Reuters)
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The U.K.'s Catholic Association for Racial Justice plans to identify and support specific groups who have become newly vulnerable since Brexit.
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Iraqi Christians gathered on Oct. 25 at the Church of our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ainkawa, Turkey, to offer prayers of support for Iraqi forces pressing an offensive against the Islamic State around Mosul. • President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela met privately with Pope Francis an Oct. 24 as the Vatican began a mediation effort to end the political and economic crisis in Venezuela. • Rapid growth in the number of men entering St. John’s Seminary prompted the Archdiocese of Boston to buy back space from Boston College on Oct. 20.

Australian Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, is pictured in a 2014 photo in Sydney. Australian police questioned Cardinal Pell in Rome regarding accusations of alleged sexual abuse. (CNS photo/Jane Dempster, EPA)
FaithSigns Of the Times
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Australian police questioned Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, in Rome regarding accusations of sexual abuse. Cardinal Pell was "voluntarily interviewed" by Victoria police in late October, said a statement on Oct. 26 from the cardinal's office.
Betty Howard arranges produce at the City Greens at Midtown Center in St. Louis in this June 17, 2010, photo. The project, sponsored by Catholic Charities, was developed with the goal to get produce into the kitchens of all families.
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Three Catholic charitable organizations that support programs in the United States and around the world rank among the top 100 groups in terms of fundraising.