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Catholic Charities reacts to ‘disturbing’ online threats to staff over migration work
Catholic Charities USA, the organization dedicated to carrying out the domestic humanitarian work of the Catholic Church in the United States, responded Oct. 31 to "disturbing" recent remarks by a social media influencer threatening its staff.
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As world prays for peace in Holy Land, Israeli-Hamas war intensifies
As the world prayed for peace in the Holy Land Oct. 27, Pope Francis called for the war to halt and prayers to continue during the Angelus Oct. 29, as death toll in Gaza passed 8,000 and Israeli troops gradually ...
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‘God is with us’; Portland, Maine, bishop at Mass for Lewiston community
"Evil is part of the world in which we live," said Bishop Robert P. Deeley of Portland, Maine during a Mass Oct. 27 in Lewiston, Maine. "It's how we deal with it which is important."
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Caritas: Voices from climate change migrants can be ‘blueprint for change’
Too often the voices of people fleeing their homes due to climate change and extreme weather patterns are overshadowed by an abundance of scientific data and statistics, said a Caritas Internationalis official.
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Woman religious and her team work to empower women in Pakistan
Pakistani Sister Genevieve Ram Lal, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, became the national director of the Catholic Women's Organization in 2012.
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Initiative urges pope to write encyclical on nonviolence
Amid wars around the world, particularly in Ukraine and the Holy Land, the Catholic Church needs to speak out on nonviolence as a necessary option for any hope of peace, said a representative of Pax Christi International.
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Abuse victim asks pope to hear ‘adults who were wronged,’ show ‘the way’ in Rupnik case
It took 10 months for the Vatican to reopen Father Marko Rupnik’s case — from the first reports on the case of Slovenian mosaic artist in December 2022 and the first alleged victims’ testimonies at that time, to dismissal of the priest from the Jesuit order in July, to public outrage after his incardination into a Slovenian diocese.