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South African flag, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Southern African bishops call for an end to violence and looting

Jul 15, 2021

By Courtney Mares

At least 72 people have died amid rioting. Read more

Passes received at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg.

For South Africa's bishops, the Year of Mercy is a time to heal racial division

Mar 11, 2016

Repentance, spiritual healing, and hard conversations are necessary to respond to racism and racial divisions, the bishops of South Africa... Read more

Mass said at the Catholic Sanctuary of Martyrs, Namugongo, Uganda, Nov. 28, 2015.

How can we live the Year of Mercy? Suggestions from Southern Africa’s bishops

Dec 12, 2015

The Jubilee Year of Mercy is a time to reach out to others as “missionaries of God’s mercy,” the Southern... Read more

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In wake of euthanasia case in Peru, physician-priest makes case for palliative care

Pro-life advocates demonstrate prior to an Arizona House of Representatives session at the Arizona State Capitol on April 17, 2024, in Phoenix.

Arizona House votes to repeal law protecting life from moment of conception

Pro-life and pro-abortion activists at a demonstration outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears arguments in the Moyle v. United States case, in Washington, D.C., on April 24, 2024. The case deals with whether an Idaho abortion law conflicts with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).

Divided Supreme Court hears emergency room abortion case: DOJ vs. Idaho’s pro-life law

A Coptic Orthodox church in Old Cairo, a historic area of the Egyptian capital.

Arsonists burn down homes of Egypt’s beleaguered Christians

Anti-death penalty activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to prevent the execution of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip on Sept. 29, 2015, in Washington, D.C.

Oklahoma attorney general asks Supreme Court to halt execution of condemned convict

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End-of-life resources help Catholics ‘finish life faithfully’

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Catholic Charities in Ohio found partially negligent in 5-year-old’s 2017 death

Chuck Robbins, the chief executive of the multinational digital communications conglomerate Cisco, signs the Rome Call for AI Ethics, a document by the Pontifical Academy for Life, on April 24, 2024, at the Vatican.

Cisco CEO meets Pope Francis, signs AI ethics pledge at Vatican

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his Wednesday general audience on April 24, 2024.

Pope Francis: Theological virtues are the ‘fundamental attributes’ of a Christian life

U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise says he is “very blessed” that doctors caught his cancer early enough and that the treatments worked.

God ‘answered a lot of prayers’: Scalise discusses faith, cancer recovery 

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