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A combination image shows two screen captures from a video posted on the X account of The White House on Sept. 15, 2025, depicting what U.S. President Donald Trump said was a U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel

Military archbishop urges respect for rule of law after follow-up strike on alleged drug boat

The head of the U.S. military archdiocese on Dec. 3 urged respect for the human person and the rule of law amid new questions about the legality of a deadly U.S. military attack Sept. 2 on a boat in the ...
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Two more First Nations churches destroyed in ‘suspicious’ fires

Two more Catholic churches on First Nations land have been destroyed by fire, while fire damaged an Anglican church on First Nations land in northern British Columbia. Police are calling all the blazes "suspicious."
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Miami Catholic parish says 10 of its families still missing after collapse

It is an understatement to say the people and staff of St. Joseph Parish will be living the crisis of the Surfside condominium collapse in a most intimate way for some time to come.
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During border visit, bishop speaks with vice president about immigration

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, asked Vice President Kamala Harris June 25 to engage with the faith community as partners on a path to bring relief and a compassionate solution to immigration issues in the Americas and ...
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Pandemic’s economic fallout must not hinder generosity, pope says

International solidarity in funding the rebuilding of schools, hospitals and churches destroyed by war is important, Pope Francis said, but "we need to be concerned above all for the living stones who have been wounded and dispersed."
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Quadruple amputee has set high goals for college, future

When asked how many surgeries he has had since contracting a deadly bacterial infection more than a decade ago, 21-year-old Franklin Mejias Castellano must pause and think for a moment.
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Nun calls protection of voting rights a moral issue at Georgetown forum

Protection of voting rights is a moral issue, according to a Black sister who was on a panel discussion during a June 21 online forum on voting rights.
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