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Month: August 2019

Nation & World

Religious leaders urge U.S. to keep refugee resettlement program

August 27, 2019 Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON—Several women’s religious orders, individual women religious and Catholic organizations such as Pax Christi and Jesuit Refugee Service were among more than 500 religious leaders and groups who signed an Aug. 23 letter to President […]

Nation & World

Catholic teens inspire one another to ‘not grow tired’ of abortion fight

August 26, 2019 Catholic News Service

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—As Planned Parenthood prepares to open Charlotte’s newest abortion facility this summer, pro-life groups are responding by organizing prayer rallies and sidewalk vigils in front of the facility, and by generating awareness of abortion […]

Nation & World

Lofty titles do not guarantee entrance to heaven, pope says

August 26, 2019 Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY—A life marked by humility, faith and love determines whether Christians enter heaven, not who they know, Pope Francis said. Before praying the Angelus prayer with pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square Aug. 25, […]

Columnists

Our state is mission territory

August 23, 2019 Sister Pamela Smith, SSCM

For some of us, it’s hard to imagine why the Catholic Extension Society still considers us mission territory. If our experience of Catholicism in South Carolina focuses on Charleston, Columbia, the Greenville-Simpsonville area or Beaufort County, […]

Nation & World

Latin American bishops: If the Amazon suffers, the world suffers

August 23, 2019 Catholic News Service

SAO PAULO—”Crying out to the world for solidarity,” leaders of the Latin American bishops’ council urged international action to save the Amazon rainforest as massive fires continued to burn. “We urge the governments of the […]

Nation & World

New rules could extend time migrant children, families spend in detention

August 23, 2019 Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has moved to cast aside an agreement that previously limited the amount of time the government could detain migrant children. On Aug. 21, officials announced new rules that would allow federal officials […]

Nation & World

Bangladesh flood victims reel as aid agencies struggle to respond

August 22, 2019 Catholic News Service

DHAKA, Bangladesh—Weeks after devastating floods affected millions and killed more than 100 people in Bangladesh, many families are reeling from a lack of aid as the country suffers an outbreak of waterborne diseases. Monsoon flooding […]

Nation & World

Hospital boat sets sail to serve rural Amazon region

August 21, 2019 Caroline

BELEM, Brazil—A hospital boat named the “Pope Francis” set sail in the Amazon River to bring medical care to rural populations. “Just as Jesus, who appeared walking on water, calmed the storm and strengthened the […]

Nation & World

Pope: Beware of hypocrisy, actions speak louder than words

August 21, 2019 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—Christians who focus more on being superficially close to the church rather than care for their fellow brothers and sisters are like tourists who wander around aimlessly, Pope Francis said. People “who are always […]

Columbia Deanery

Danni Sherman, 83, doesn’t hesitate to serve her church

August 21, 2019 Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Miscellany

BLYTHEWOOD—Danni Sherman arrived at Transfiguration Church in Blythewood about an hour before the 6 p.m. liturgy on a recent Tuesday.  Unlike other early birds, however, she wasn’t there to pray or go to the sacrament […]

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