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It has been nearly a month since the beginning of the presynod gathering on "Young people, the faith and vocational discernment," in Rome.

More than 100 students gathered recently in Rome to use their talents in the first-ever Vatican Hackathon, a collaborative event that harnessed the technical skills and creativity of young people to address issues of social inclusion, interfaith dialogue and assistance for migrants and refugees.

 

The news that Pope Francis has set in motion the planning for a synod of bishops of the Amazon region next year may not strike most U.S. Catholics as a matter of great interest. 

A desire to explore his feelings on his experience with a great aunt who had an intellectual disability, Randall Wright, a director of more than 20 major documentaries, made “Summer in the Forest,” about the L’Arche community founded by Jean Vanier in 1964. 

This year's Earth Day theme is "End Plastic Pollution," and I discovered that Ireland, progressive little country that it is, had passed a plastic bag tax in 2002. It was then I realized I hadn't seen any plastic bags in Ireland. 

 

For American religious orders, however, an upcoming conference at Jesuit-run Boston College will address a pressing need — the preservation and archiving of their history, typically of grass-roots assistance of the neediest in rural and urban areas.

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Cardinal Dolan, chairman of the board of Catholic Near East Welfare Association, led a delegation from CNEWA to health care facilities across the Lebanese capital of Beirut April 16.

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The top scientific student minds of the Diocese of Arlington put their months of hard work on display at the 21st annual science fair at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax April 14

The pro-life event benefited Mary’s Shelter, a home that provides expectant mothers and their children with housing for up to three years; Bethany Christian Services, a pregnancy counseling and adoption program; and Choices Women’s Center, a pregnancy resource center. 

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