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A young Venezuelan migrant carries a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe as she walks with her family in caravan in an attempt to reach the U.S. border, in Tapachula, Mexico, Nov. 5, 2024. (OSV News photo/Daniel Becerril, Reuters)

Missouri’s Catholic bishops call for merciful, just immigration policies

October 17, 2025
Missouri's Catholic bishops are urging lawmakers and policymakers at every level of government to work toward lasting solutions to the challenges brought by immigrants.
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U.S President Joe Biden delivers an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington July 14, 2024, the evening after Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump survived what law enforcement called an assassination attempt. President Biden condemned political violence and urged Americans to "lower the temperature in our politics." In a briefing July 14, FBI officials told reporters they had yet to determine what motivated the shooter to open fire from a nearby rooftop, killing one spectator and critically injuring two others before he was shot dead by the Secret Service. (OSV News photo/Erin Schaff, pool via Reuters)

Biden condemns political violence in wake of shooting at Trump rally

July 16, 2024
President Joe Biden condemned political violence and urged Americans to "lower the temperature in our politics."
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A statue of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be canonized, is seen at Our Lady of the Island Shrine in Manorville, N.Y., March 25, 2021. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Native Americans gather in North Carolina to celebrate Catholic faith, culture

July 15, 2024
The Tekakwitha Conference "is the world's largest gathering of Catholic, Native Americans," said Jody Roy of Chicago, who was in Raleigh to attend the 85th annual conference.
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A mosaic by Father Marko Rupnik illustrating the Gospel story of Jesus' encounter with the woman caught in adultery is pictured in a file photo at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington. The Knights of Columbus announced July 11, 2024, it will cover mosaics by ex-Jesuit Father Mark Rupnik at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington and the Holy Family Chapel at the Knights' headquarters in New Haven, Conn.

Knights of Columbus order Rupnik icons covered until Vatican investigation ends

July 12, 2024
The Knights of Columbus has announced the Catholic fraternal organization will cover mosaics by ex-Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington and the Holy Family Chapel at the Knights' headquarters in New Haven, ...
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A contractor surveys a Dallas-based client's home for structure damage after Hurricane Beryl moved through the area in Galveston, Texas, July 8, 2024. Beryl slammed into Texas early that morning, knocking out power to nearly 3 million homes and businesses, unleashing heavy rain and causing multiple deaths as it moved east and later weakened to a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said.

Texas Catholic groups struggle to provide aid after Beryl cuts power to millions

July 11, 2024
Catholic aid organizations in the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese confirmed they cannot get to work just yet because of the power outage that left about 2.5 million people in the dark following Hurricane Beryl's landfall July 8 that cut a damaging path through ...
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A case worker with Catholic Charities of Acadiana is pictured in a file photo preparing a bed at St. Joseph Shelter, an emergency shelter that cares for 87 individuals experiencing homelessness in and around Lafayette, La.

La. governor cuts $1m to Catholic Charities shelter over church’s care for migrants

July 10, 2024
Drastic cuts in state funding for a Catholic Charities' homeless shelter operations in Louisiana over the wider Catholic Church's ministry to migrants have dealt a significant blow to the church's ability to care for area residents experiencing homelessness, including veterans.
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A rescuer reacts at Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, July 8, 2024, after it was severely damaged during Russian missile strikes amid Russia's war on Ukraine. At least 31 were killed and over 135 injured as Russian bombers pummeled Kyiv and numerous other cities throughout the nation that day with more than 40 missiles and guided aerial bombs, with one striking the large children's hospital, where emergency crews searched the rubble for victims.

Shevchuk: Russian attack on Kyiv children’s hospital ‘a sin that cries out to heaven for revenge’

July 9, 2024
A July 8 attack by Russia on a children's hospital and other civilian targets throughout Ukraine is "a sin that cries out to heaven for revenge," said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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