Archive for January 11, 2018

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By Kevin J. Jones

How a nuns' home is helping girls freed from sex trafficking

The numbers are staggering. Each year in the U.S. alone, some 300,000 minors are victims of sex trafficking.    Read more

Dr. Martin Luther King delivers his I Have a Dream speech during the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. Public Domain.?w=200&h=150

Cardinal: Fight racism with love to honor MLK's legacy

Americans must recommit to the fight against racism through love and faith, said the head of the U.S. bishops’ conference... Read more

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By Courtney Mares

How Catholic Extension supports migrants along the US-Mexico border

A U.S. cardinal has called Catholics to support the needs of refugees and immigrants living along the 2,000-mile border between... Read more

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By Hannah Brockhaus

Youth to be Vatican’s focus in 2018, Cardinal Parolin says

In an interview published Thursday, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said that for the Vatican, the new year will be marked by... Read more

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By Perry West

What’s the secret to happiness? The beatitudes, this priest says

A parish priest in South Carolina has developed a beatitude challenge that seeks to combat cultural misunderstanding of happiness and... Read more

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Six kidnapped nuns liberated in Nigeria

During a two day police operation, six women religious who were captured in Nigeria's Edo state two months ago were... Read more

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By Perry West

Couple sues abortion clinic for malpractice

A Boulder abortion clinic is accused of malpractice, after allegedly leaving nearly two inches of a fetus’ skull inside a... Read more

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By Carl Bunderson

Bishop Schneider explains the Kazakhstani profession of truths on marriage

Fidelity to the words of Christ makes it necessary to profess the truth about sacramental marriage, Bishop Athanasius Schneider told... Read more

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By Courtney Mares

Nigerian bishop condemns “cries of shrill Islamization”

Bishop Matthew Kukah has decried “cries of shrill Islamization across the land,” enabled by government corruption, according to a Jan.... Read more