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Catholic student center at Washington’s Howard University named for Sister Thea Bowman
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — On a day when history was made 60 years earlier with the March on Washington, Father Robert Boxie III, the Catholic chaplain at Howard University in the nation’s capital, noted that the campus ministry program there ...
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Synod assembly won’t be secret, but won’t be open to press, pope says
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MONGOLIA (CNS) — The Synod of Bishops is not a television show or a parliamentary debate, and its discussions will not be open to the public or to reporters, Pope Francis said. “We must safeguard ...
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At Mass in Mongolia, pope sends ‘warm greetings’ to neighboring China
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (CNSA) — While China allowed Pope Francis’ plane to cross its airspace on the way to Mongolia, an office of the Chinese Communist Party prevented any Catholic bishops or priests in the mainland from traveling there to see ...
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Americans are talking about labor issues more now than in recent past, experts say
As Americans are heating up the backyard barbecue for celebratory Labor Day cookouts Sept. 4, news headlines daily shout about the cooling down of the U.S. job market.
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Judge Dismisses Criminal Abuse Charges against Theodore McCarrick
The Massachusetts sex abuse case against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick fell apart Wednesday as all criminal charges were dismissed due to the disgraced former cleric being deemed no longer mentally competent.
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Church environmentalists worried about oil drilling at mouth of Amazon River
Church activists in the Amazon are worried about the Brazilian government's plan to exploit oil in a marine area close to the mouth of the Amazon River.
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Congress Should Start Thinking: What Would Jesus Do?
Our democracy is teetering on the edge, and inaction will help push it over. Leaders across the board, and especially across Christianity, need to lead …