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Amid pain in Uvalde, there's still ‘goodness in people,’ says archbishop
It feels as if there are no silver linings in the cloud of lingering grief and horror that surrounds Uvalde, Texas, as the city began May 31 to bury the first of 19 children and their two teachers killed a ...
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At Oklahoma hospital complex, gunman kills four, then himself
A Catholic hospital's campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, became the scene of the country's 233rd mass shooting of the year June 1, leaving four dead, including a doctor, who had treated the gunman for back pain.
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Stealing Brooklyn church’s tabernacle is ‘heinous act,’ pastor says
A burglar cut through a metal protective casing to steal a historic tabernacle valued at $2 million at a Brooklyn Catholic church.
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Cardinal Sodano, former Vatican secretary of state, dies at 94
Cardinal Angelo Sodano, former Vatican secretary of state and former dean of the College of Cardinals, died in Rome May 27 at the age of 94.
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Artist installs pro-life sculpture of Jesus in the womb in Rome
If "beauty will save the world," as Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky said, then "perhaps beauty can also save the unborn," said Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz.
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Pope, with Ukrainian families, to lead rosary for peace May 31
Pope Francis and Ukrainian families in Rome will gather May 31 before a statue of Mary, Queen of Peace, to recite the rosary for peace in Ukraine and in other places at war.
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Catholic leaders urge gun control measures on state, federal level
Several U.S. bishops, women’s religious orders and Catholic organizations have called for stricter federal gun control measures, while state Catholic conferences have rallied behind local measures attempting to curb the spate of gun violence.