Archive for August 6, 2015

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How to respond to Planned Parenthood? Prayer and fasting, say Colo. bishops

Following the release of investigative videos showing Planned Parenthood offering aborted baby organs for money, the Catholic bishops of Colorado... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Greece in crisis – and what Catholics are doing to help

As Greece's financial and political situation reaches a fever pitch in complexity, Caritas has stepped up and is offering help... Read more

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By Elise Harris

To welcome refugees is a witness of the resurrection, Pope says

On the first anniversary of the arrival of Iraqi refugees in Jordan, Pope Francis sent a letter thanking the country... Read more

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By Kevin J. Jones

Tough lessons to learn from Hiroshima and Nagasaki: just war, nuclear disarmament

The 70th anniversary of the US atomic strikes on Japan has prompted reflection, commemoration, and debate about the ethics of... Read more

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China consecrates first new bishop in three years

In mainland China's first episcopal consecration since 2012, a priest was consecrated a bishop in the cathedral of Anyang on... Read more

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For Archbishop Cupich, Planned Parenthood videos should urge us to fight all social ills

In an opinion column for the Chicago Tribune, Archbishop Blase Cupich denounced abortion after the recently released undercover Planned Parenthood... Read more

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By Kevin J. Jones

Why the Boy Scouts' new policy led a Catholic bishop to cut ties

Bishop David Kagan of Bismarck, himself a former boy scout, has reluctantly told his North Dakota diocese to disaffiliate from... Read more