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Baltimore Archdiocese forms commission to investigate church connection to slavery
In recent years, a growing awareness of injustice and calls for reform have led to a racial reckoning, with businesses, corporations, nonprofit organizations and institutions across the country reassessing their own complicity with racism in its various forms.
Pope to pope: Let our churches be united by Christ’s love
Two popes sat side by side before a crowd of rain-soaked pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square May 10.
Possible Eucharistic Miracle In Connecticut Under Vatican Investigation
A possible Eucharistic miracle in Connecticut is now under investigation by the Vatican.
Flores: Brownsville crash indicative of ‘corrosive tendency’ to devalue human life
A vehicle crashed into a crowd waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 10 others, authorities said.
Dallas Bishop Reacts To Mass Shooting At Mall With ‘Heavy Heart’
Dallas Bishop Edward J. Burns addressed the faithful of the diocese “with a heavy heart” late May 6 after at least eight people, including a child, were killed during a mass shooting that afternoon at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas.
Sisters founded by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in New York vote to stop accepting new members, begin ‘path to completion’
NEW YORK (OSV News) — Sadness, relief and hope accompanied the April 13 decision by the Sisters of Charity of New York to embark on a “path to completion,” according to Sister Donna Dodge, president of the congregation founded by …
After visit to Ukraine, Swedish cardinal says he hopes for ‘just peace’
A recent video that has gained traction on social media purportedly shows a McDonald’s in Kiev bustling with people, prompting some to argue that perhaps the conflict is not as grim as the media and the country’s government has reported.