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The ACN ‘Religious Freedom in the World Report’ shows rights are...
On the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief, observed on the United Nations' calendar Aug. 22,...
Archdiocese of San Francisco believes bankruptcy is ‘compassionate and equitable solution...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco announced Aug. 21 the archdiocese has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization "to facilitate...
Retired Albany Bishop Howard J. Hubbard dies at 84 after suffering...
Retired Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany died Aug. 19 at age 84 in Albany after having reportedly suffered a major stroke earlier in...
Retired Albany Bishop Howard J. Hubbard hospitalized from major stroke, had...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Retired Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany has been hospitalized at Albany Medical Center after suffering a major stroke this week.
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North Carolina lawmakers enact bill barring medical professionals from providing gender-transition...
North Carolina lawmakers Aug. 16 overrode the governor's veto of legislation banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures in the state...
How one confession led to a deeper understanding of the Our...
A decade or more ago, I went to confession one Saturday afternoon at St. Peter Cathedral in Rockford, Illinois. Like many other priests, the...
Maria Lanakila Catholic Church survives Maui wildfire: ‘Not even the flowers...
HONOLULU -- "For us, it's like a miracle," Msgr. Terrence Watanabe, the Honolulu Diocese's vicar of Maui and Lanai, said about Maria Lanakila Catholic...
Archdiocese of Baltimore raises more than $50,000 for gun buyback event
BALTIMORE -- Father Michael Murphy, pastor of St. Joseph's Monastery in Baltimore's Irvington neighborhood, is not sure how much of a dent an Aug....
Catholic psychotherapist Christine Turo-Shields on mental health: ‘When all else falls...
INDIANAPOLIS -- Tom Renken leads a full and fulfilling life. The father of six is active in his parish, and he is co-founder and...
Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr says Catholics ‘are morally obliged to...
CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has urged Catholics to reject a Nov. 7 ballot initiative on abortion he called an "extraordinary and...