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Archbishop offers prayers for Pelosi’s husband after hammer attack
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said he was praying for the husband of House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi after police said he was "violently assaulted" at home early Oct. 28 by a man with a hammer.
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Catholic Charities agencies continue to help Florida’s hurricane victims
Lizvelle Rivera recalls vividly how Hurricane Ian passed over her home in Fort Myers. “It was really scary,” she said. “I heard crazy sounds. You hear every single shingle come off; every single tree come down.”
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Nigerian teen held by Boko Haram: ‘I don’t think I am able to forgive’
As Maryamu Joseph, a 16-year-old victim of Boko Haram violence, recovers from trauma after years of captivity, she finds it hard to forgive the men who abducted her.
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Missouri bishop offers prayers after deadly school shooting
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri, asked for prayers after three people died following an Oct. 24 shooting at a high school in St. Louis.
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Ukraine dominates interreligious prayer for peace meeting
The international community must work for peace, and believers of all faiths must pray for it, but pressuring Ukraine to make peace with Russia would be to "consecrate the law of the strongest," French President Emmanuel Macron told religious leaders ...
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Perceptions of migrants are in the political crosshairs ahead of midterms
The political ads began appearing in early October, strategically aired a month before the November midterm elections that will determine which party will control the U.S. House of Representatives.
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California bishops celebrate ‘very powerful’ Mass for detainees in ICE facility