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U.S. President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jesuit Father Greg Boyle during a ceremony at the White House in Washington May 3, 2024. Father Boyle established Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles in 1992 to improve the lives of former gang members. (OSV News photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

Father Greg Boyle, Nancy Pelosi among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

Father Greg Boyle, a Jesuit priest who is the founder and director of Homeboy Industries, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were among 19 Americans awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, on May 3.
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Catholic college president describes ‘difficult times’ in native Haiti

Harry Dumay, president of the College of Our Lady of the Elms in Chicopee and a native of Haiti, said everyone throughout his homeland is "devastated by what happened to their brothers and sisters in the south of Haiti," hit ...
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Bishops say U.S. government must act to relocate fleeing Afghans

Saying that a humanitarian crisis is developing in Afghanistan, the chairmen of two U.S. bishops' committees called on the U.S. government to "act with utmost urgency" to resettle thousands of Afghan citizens.
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Archbishop says human dignity of Afghan people ‘must be respected’

The human dignity of Afghanistan's people "must be respected" amid the chaos in the country, the head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services said Aug. 17.
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Priest killed, one missing as church assesses damage from Haiti quake

The magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Haiti collapsed the bishop's residence in Les Cayes, killing one priest, leaving one missing and injuring Cardinal Chibly Langlois.
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US bishops support immigration provisions in $3.5 trillion spending bill

The U.S. bishops' migration chair said Aug. 12 that the Catholic leaders were pleased the $3.5 trillion spending plan passed by the Senate a day earlier would provide "lawful permanent status to qualified immigrants."
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Some Catholic hospitals now require employees to get COVID-19 vaccine

Mercy Sister Mary Haddad, president of the Catholic Health Association, is on a mission. She hopes to clarify some of the current confusion leading to both vaccine hesitancy and recent protests over vaccine mandates being put in place to curb the ...
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