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WASHINGTON -- The World Day for Migrants and Refugees Sept. 27 is a chance for Catholics "to unite the world" on behalf of displaced people and "pray for the well-being of our immigrant and refugee brothers and sisters," said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' migration committee.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Knights of Columbus has organized a "Novena for the Cause of Life" to be prayed over the nine days from Oct. 4 to Oct. 12 during the U.S. Catholic Church's annual observance of October as Respect Life Month.
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis asked members of the United Nations how they think they can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and build a more peaceful, more just world when many of their countries spend billions on military weapons and when their treatment of the unborn, of refugees and of women shows so little respect for human life.
Falls Church’s St. James School receives its third Blue Ribbon for excellence.
WASHINGTON -- Sister Norma Pimentel, a Missionary of Jesus and executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, has received numerous awards over the years for her work in Texas with migrants along the U.S.-Mexican border, and she can now add a new title to her list: one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sept. 23 he would sign an executive order to "ensure that all precious babies born alive, no matter their circumstances, receive the medical care that they deserve."
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The Knights of Columbus has donated $10,000 to Our Lady of Solace Church in the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, after a vandal desecrated the parish's beloved statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
DETROIT -- Father Gabriel Richard was described as many things -- a pastor, a builder, a pioneer, a missionary, a statesman and an educator, among others.
VATICAN CITY -- Marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, Cardinal Pietro Parolin called on the United Nations to renew its commitment to the ideals upon which it was founded.
PALABEK REFUGEE CAMP, Uganda -- Carrying her hungry baby on her back in the traditional African baby wrap, 38-year-old Adol Majok struggled in the long line of people waiting to get food rations and other essential items distributed by Catholic groups.


