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After Colombian election, church official urges talks with ex-guerrillas

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CUCUTA, Colombia — The director of Caritas Colombia has called for dialogue between the country’s new president-elect and former leftist guerrillas to prevent the...

Bishops ‘cannot, in good faith, endorse’ new GOP immigration bill

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops “cannot, in good faith, endorse” an immigration bill submitted by the House’s Republican leadership, said Bishop Joe S. Vasquez...

Trenton Bishop O’Connell: ‘How many times can our hearts break?’

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TRENTON, N.J. -- No motive "can justify these ongoing, seemingly relentless acts of gun violence plaguing our cities," Bishop David M. O'Connell of Trenton...

Bishops OK directives, abuse charter revisions at spring meeting

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- New medical directives governing health care partnerships and revisions to the charter on the protection of young people were approved...

French church groups combine to fight anti-migrant attitudes

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PARIS — The French church has launched a program to combat anti-migrant and anti-Muslim attitudes amid reports of tensions among Catholics. “It is to resist...

Yo-Yo Ma holds concert for peace at Chicago Catholic Church

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CHICAGO — When world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma brought his Concert for Peace to St. Sabina Church for the second time June 10, there was...

Gathering looks at how to overcome polarization using social teaching

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WASHINGTON — One week before President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shook hands at the historic summit on Singapore’s Sentosa...

More than poetry

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Three adult children of a recently deceased woman were sitting with me planning the funeral. As we looked at options for the Gospel reading...

Living Our Faith: ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’

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Pope Francis' new apostolic exhortation, "Gaudete et Exsultate," starkly challenges today's Christians to take the dignity of all human life seriously, viewing it in light...

How Catholic schools foster self-discipline offers lessons, says study

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WASHINGTON — A new study conducted by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found that children in Catholic schools are less disruptive and have more...