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At National Prayer Breakfast, Biden calls for Americans to ‘pray for peace’ amid conflict
At the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 1, President Joe Biden called for prayers for a peaceful resolution of conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, and he urged Americans to be united in the face of challenges.
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Bishop Seitz: End human trafficking by tackling root causes collectively
Ending human trafficking requires collective action in addressing the conditions that cause it, said a U.S. bishop.
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Teacher’s mural features 37 diverse saints, artists, poets, civil rights leaders
Kim Redigan used to look out the window of Detroit Cristo Rey High School's small chapel as she prayed.
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Vocations to religious life in US decline, but key factors can impact numbers
A new report shows a continued decrease in the number of permanent vocations to consecrated life in the U.S.
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Advocate raises questions about a border proposal becoming an election issue
A leading Catholic immigration advocate has raised questions about whether restrictions in a bipartisan border proposal now before Congress will help the situation or make it worse for migrants trying to enter the U.S.
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Experts: Holocaust Remembrance a Call to ‘Repudiate’ Dehumanizing People
An annual commemoration of Nazi Germany’s slaughter of millions of Jews during World War II is a call to prioritize human dignity, two Jewish-Catholic experts told OSV News.
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Pope, cardinals continue discussion of role of women in the church
With the help of a woman Anglican bishop, a Salesian sister and a consecrated virgin, Pope Francis and his international Council of Cardinals devoted the first morning of their February meeting “to deepening their reflection, begun last December, on the role of women in the church,” the Vatican press office said.