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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — “Critical” anti-trafficking legislation overwhelmingly approved by the House in a bipartisan vote July 26 “will go a long way toward protecting so many vulnerable people from exploitation while providing tremendous support and resources to victims,” said one of it is sponsors, Rep. Chris Smith, N.J. Smith and Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., wrote the […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — As the church prepares to commemorate the World Day of Migrants and Refugees in September, Pope Francis launched a video campaign meant to highlight the spiritual and cultural contributions that migrants bring to people’s lives. “Migrants and refugees offer us a great opportunity for the cultural and spiritual growth of all of […]
National
By Mark Hart
My cradle Catholic parents instilled in me the importance of going to Mass religiously (no pun intended) but were never able to articulate why we went, answering only “because we are Catholic and that is what good Catholics do.” It wasn’t until a youth minister explained the significance, depth and beauty of the Mass that […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
QUEBEC CITY — In a British-built fort on the highest hill in Quebec City, Pope Francis spoke to Canadian government and cultural leaders about the never-ending challenge of multiculturalism. And in the Citadelle, the 19th-century fort, Pope Francis finally was welcomed formally to Canada July 27 with an honor guard, the playing of the Canadian […]
Global
By Michael Kelly
DUBLIN — Pro-life campaigners in Ireland have criticized a government plan that would criminalize prayer vigils outside abortion facilities. Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly announced July 27 that he has secured government approval to legislate for the designation of co-called “safe access zones” around facilities providing abortions. He said that pro-life activists found protesting or […]
Local
By Leslie Miller
In the months before she was killed, Mary Karen Read, 19, had been reflecting on forgiveness. “When deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive,” was one quotation she had written in her notebook. Another was “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” Her family and […]
Local
By Meghan Bartlett
Wine features prominently in Catholicism, both sacramentally — becoming the blood of Christ during the consecration at Mass — and symbolically, as Jesus frequently used a vineyard in his parables. For Catholics, the wedding at Cana, when Jesus turned water into wine, is typically seen as prefiguring the Eucharist but also an affirmation that wine […]
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By Anna Harvey
“We have a surprise for you!” Sister Mary Bethany announced to an excited group of high school girls. For the first time in more than a year, the 88 campers at FIAT days vocations camp witnessed the newly gilded and refurbished statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the National Shrine Grotto of Our […]
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