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Lightning strikes near Minot Air Force Base in Minot, North Dakota, Aug. 8. The Pentagon has put all U.S. military installations on alert in the wake of North Korea's threats about using missiles. (CNS photo/U.S. Air Force handout via Reuters)

Just-war tests not met in North Korea situation, ethicists say

Posted by - August 18, 2017
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The just-war criteria that would justify armed conflict with North Korea over its nuclear testing and threats to launch missiles have not been met, said ethicists interviewed…
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Retired Auxiliary Bishop Ignatius C. Wang of San Francisco, right, and Vincentian Father Joseph Lin of St. Agatha Parish in Brooklyn, N.Y., elevate the Eucharist during Mass at the U.S. Catholic China Bureau's 27th biennial national conference Aug. 12 at St. John's University in Jamaica, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Biggest challenge for Chinese church? Fostering vocations, speakers say

Posted by - August 18, 2017
JAMAICA, N.Y. (CNS) — Fostering vocations to the priesthood and religious life is the “biggest challenge” for the Catholic Church in China, said Passionist Father Robert E. Carbonneau, executive director…
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Teens in Houston eat lunch July 29 during the Galveston-Houston Archdiocesan Youth Conference. More than 2,600 people attended the July 28-30 event that included speakers, prayer experiences, daily Mass and confession. (CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald)

‘You are a treasure,’ Texas cardinal tells Catholic youth

Posted by - August 18, 2017
HOUSTON (CNS) — Surrounded by thousands of teens from throughout the Houston region at the 2017 Archdiocesan Youth Conference, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston encouraged the youth to seek…
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