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Year: 2017

Nation & World

U.S. bishops urge Congress to keep health care gains, protect life, conscience rights

January 18, 2017 Caroline

WASHINGTON—The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee said Jan. 18 that a repeal of the federal health care law should not take place without immediate passage of a plan that preserves people’s access […]

News

Tear down this wall: Ecumenical week focuses on overcoming division

January 18, 2017 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—When a group of German Christians was asked in 2014 to prepare materials for the 2017 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, their choice of a “wall” as a symbol of sin, evil and […]

News

Father JohnBosco Ikemeh works to build a school in Nigeria

January 18, 2017 John C. Stevenson

  CHARLESTON—Dominican Father Obinna JohnBosco Ikemeh has a vision of helping African children improve their lives through education, but his first hurdle isn’t classrooms or books or even teachers. It’s water. The Nigerian-born priest, who […]

Diocese of Charleston 2017 Papal Honors
Charleston Deanery

Eight receive papal honors for putting faith into action

January 17, 2017 Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Miscellany

A group of South Carolinians have received papal honors from Pope Francis, according to a letter written by Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone in late December. The eight men and women, including three priests, one deacon […]

Nation & World

Cardinal DiNardo joins Pope Francis in the call for uniting in love, resisting fear

January 12, 2017 Caroline

WASHINGTON—Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement in support of Pope Francis’ video message today about National Migration Week. National Migration Week is an opportunity […]

Columbia Deanery

Proudly pro-life: March and rally held despite winter storm

January 12, 2017 Deirdre C. Mays | The Catholic Miscellany

COLUMBIA—The numbers may have been fewer than in years past but well over 200 hearty souls faced frigid temperatures to make a stand. The group of people, led by the Knights of Columbus honor guard, […]

Nation & World

Archbishop Flores of San Antonio, first Hispanic bishop in U.S., dies

January 12, 2017 Caroline

SAN ANTONIO—Retired Archbishop Patrick F. Flores, 87, the first Mexican-American bishop in the United States, died of pneumonia and congestive heart failure Jan. 9 at Padua Place Residence for retired priests in San Antonio. The […]

Nation & World

Advocates ask consumers to help improve plight of seafood industry workers

January 12, 2017 Caroline

WASHINGTON—Advocates for those who work in the world’s oceans called on consumers to pay attention to the plight of workers who toil on the high seas to make seafood available. “There’s a lot of attention […]

Nation & World

Bishops tell families to discover their own immigration stories during National Migration Week

January 11, 2017 Caroline

WASHINGTON—Urging Americans to look at their families for stories of immigration, the president and vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called attention to the hardships and contributions of immigrants to American society […]

Nation & World

Success, well-being at any cost will deceive, disappoint, pope says

January 11, 2017 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—Watch out for the tempting promises and easy rewards of false gods and idols because they always lead to confusion, disappointment and even death, Pope Francis said. “We are tempted to seek even fleeting […]

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