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Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte, North Carolina, greets a young Catholic while surveying storm damage at Swannanoa, North Carolina, Friday, on Oct. 4, 2024.

North Carolina bishops: Immigration policy and enforcement ‘complicated and emotional’

The Roman Catholic bishops of Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, have issued a joint statement about immigration policy and enforcement... Read more

Opening Mass for the synod of bishops on the family Oct. 8, 2015.

Colombian-born bishop to head Raleigh diocese

Jul 5, 2017

By Hannah Brockhaus

On Wednesday the Vatican announced Pope Francis' appointment of Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto, a native of Colombia, as the... Read more

Philip Johnson, a seminarian of the Diocese of Raleigh. Photo courtesy of Diocese of Raleigh.

For terminally-ill seminarian, a life with suffering is not void of dignity

Oct 24, 2014

A seminarian is looking forward to his ordination to the diaconate this spring and the priesthood a year later, even... Read more