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Pope expresses shock over violence in French church

July 26, 2016 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—The murder of a priest in northern France, taken hostage with a handful of other faithful during a weekday morning Mass July 26, is another act of “absurd violence” added to too many stories […]

Nation & World

Archbishop Gregory to chair USCCB task force on race

July 22, 2016 Caroline

WASHINGTON—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta has been appointed as chair of a new task force of the U.S. bishops to deal with racial issues that were brought into public consciousness following a series of […]

CNS/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters: People watch on large screens as Pope Francis celebrates Mass in Philadelphia Sept. 26. World Youth Day organizers say the changing demographics of the church in the United States will be reflected in the pilgrims to World Youth Day in Krakow.
Nation & World

U.S. pilgrims to World Youth Day reflect new Church demographics

July 21, 2016 Caroline

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.—As the Church in the U.S. has shown an increasing presence of Spanish-speaking Catholics, so will the tens of thousands of young people traveling to the 2016 edition of World Youth Day […]

Atlanta Province Bishops' Meeting
Nation & World

Bishops find support and encouragement at province meeting

July 20, 2016 Caroline

SAVANNAH, GA.— The 2016 Atlanta Province Bishops’ Meeting was held June 28 in the Diocese of Savannah recently. The bishops from the Dioceses of Charleston, Charlotte, Raleigh, Savannah, and the Archdiocese of Atlanta gathered at […]

Nation & World

Poland visit will be inspired by mercy, pope says

July 20, 2016 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis said he looks forward to his upcoming visit to Poland for World Youth Day and that his visit will be inspired by mercy during this Jubilee Year. The “blessed memory of St. […]

Nation & World

Healing racial divide starts with dialogue, black bishops say

July 19, 2016 Caroline

WASHINGTON—The threat of being pulled over by police and arrested for something that even “hinted of going beyond the status quo,” was very real to retired Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., when he […]

Nation & World

Bishop feels ‘deep ache in my heart’ after fatal shootings

July 19, 2016 Caroline

BATON ROUGE, La.—Baton Rouge Bishop Robert W. Muench renewed a call for a diocesan-wide week of prayer, fasting and reflection after the latest fatal shootings in the city, which this time took the lives of […]

CNS/Erik Lesser, EPA: A sign is displayed during an interfaith prayer vigil in Thanksgiving Square in Dallas July 8. The prior evening a gunman shot and killed five police officers and wounded seven during a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas. The protest was in reaction to two black men being fatally shot by police officers in Baton Rouge, La., and a suburb of St. Paul, Minn.
Nation & World

USCCB president says violence calls for ‘moment of national reflection’

July 16, 2016 Caroline

WASHINGTON—The shooting of police officers July 7 near the end of a demonstration in Dallas to protest fatal shootings by police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota earlier in the week “calls us to a moment […]

Nation & World

Family’s journey puts human face on court’s immigration ruling

July 15, 2016 Caroline

TRENTON, N.J.—“What’s the point of working so hard in school if you’re going to end up cutting grass?” Those words stick with Jose Agui­lar two decades later. He was sitting in a New Jersey classroom, […]

Nation & World

Pope Francis pays surprise visit to Vatican department

July 14, 2016 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—After a trip to the dentist Wednesday, Pope Francis made the spontaneous decision to stop by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America — a visit one official says demonstrates his close pastoral concern for […]

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