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Month: October 2017

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S.C. religious leaders tapped to combat racism

October 24, 2017 Staff Reports | The Catholic Miscellany

COLUMBIA—It should be the duty of the Christian faith community to take the lead in combatting racism in our society. That was the call to action brought forth by theologian and author, Drew G.I. Hart, […]

Nation & World

Starving children are innocent victims of humanity’s greed, pope says

October 23, 2017 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—Thousands of starving children around the world today are innocent victims sacrificed upon the altar of the god of money because of humanity’s greed and attachment to wealth, Pope Francis said. In his homily […]

Nation & World

In Caribbean, church agencies help as process of rebuilding begins

October 23, 2017 Caroline

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic—Caribbean islands decimated during a disastrous hurricane season are starting the long, costly process of rebuilding, even as aid agencies are assisting thousands of families left homeless by the storms. Bishop Robert […]

Aiken Deanery

Orangeburg parish withstands the tests of time and turmoil

October 23, 2017 Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Miscellany

ORANGEBURG—Members of Holy Trinity Church celebrated 100 years on Oct. 15 with prayer, song and,  most of all, a sense of overwhelming love for each other and for their faith community. Hundreds packed the church […]

Nation & World

Faith brings hope even at moment of death, pope says

October 18, 2017 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—Christians can find hope even at the hour of death, which faith teaches is not a closed door but a wide-open passage to a new life with Christ, Pope Francis said. While all men […]

Nation & World

Catholic group will accept Scouts’ decision to allow girls to join

October 17, 2017 Caroline

IRVING, Texas—The leaders of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, which has its headquarters in the Dallas suburb of Irving, said they “accept and work with the new membership policy of the Boy Scouts of […]

Nation & World

U.S. bishop concerned about impact of health care order on the poor

October 17, 2017 Caroline

WASHINGTON—A part of President Donald Trump’s Oct. 13 executive order on health care that would end subsidies to health insurance companies aimed at helping individuals with low to modest incomes is of “grave concern,” a […]

Nation & World

Christian life is a love story with God, pope says at canonization

October 17, 2017 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—Like the Catholic Church’s newest saints, Christians are called to live their faith as a love story with God who wants a relationship that is “more than that of devoted subjects with their king,” […]

Nation & World

Pope: Address root causes to fight hunger and forced migration

October 17, 2017 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—It makes no sense to lament the problems of hunger and forced migration if one is unwilling to address their root causes, which are conflict and climate change, Pope Francis said. “War and climate […]

Columnists

Were the Apostles married?

October 17, 2017 Father Jeffrey Kirby | The Catholic Miscellany

Q: Were any of the Apostles mar­ried? If so, what happened to their families? (Hilton Head, SC) A: This is a great question that involves a lot of history and spiri­tual speculation. In going through […]

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