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An immigration rally takes place April 18 outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The U.S. bishops' migration committee chair in a July 18 statement urged President Donald Trump to "ensure permanent protection" for youth under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

U.S. bishops call for permanent protection for young migrants

Posted by - July 23, 2017
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chair of the migration committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged the Trump administration to “ensure permanent protection” for youth who were brought to…
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Seminarian Stephen Rooney yells while competing in a tug of war during the "Messy Olympics" July 12 at the Quo Vadis Camp at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, N.Y. Seventy-six teenagers from the dioceses of Rockville Centre, N.Y., and Brooklyn, N.Y., attended the camp, which provided an opportunity for participants to have fun and deepen their faith while encouraging them to be open to God's call to the priesthood or religious life. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

‘Joy of Gospel exploding off them,’ priest says about Quo Vadis campers

Posted by - July 23, 2017
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (CNS) — At the end of a well-fought tug-of-war, 76 mud-caked teenagers jostled one another into a group photo with dozens of soaking wet young priests, shaving cream-spattered…
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Dominican Brother James Mary Ritch pauses while working at the Franciscan Center in Baltimore July 6. Brother James paid off his student loans through the Laboure Society, an organization that teaches aspiring religious to raise money. (CNS photo/Colleen Dulle)

Aspiring religious delay entry to pay off debt

Posted by - July 23, 2017
WASHINGTON (CNS) — For some aspiring priests and religious, the biggest obstacle to pursuing their vocation is student debt. Because many religious orders do not accept members with outstanding debts,…
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Filipinos carry a victim following an earthquake July 6 in Leyte. A week after the magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit the central Philippine province, hundreds of residents continue to live in temporary shelters. (CNS photo/Robert Dejon, EPA)

After quake, some Philippine communities need to be relocated

Posted by - July 23, 2017
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — A week after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit the central Philippine province of Leyte, hundreds of residents were still living in temporary shelters. While donations continue…
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Bishop Ryan P. Jimenez and the youth participants of the 1st Annual Sports Fest posed for a group photo after the awarding ceremony. (Top) Youth participants from Tinian was awarded the overall title.

MCYM Concluded First Annual Sports Fest
San Jose, Tinian Won Overall Title

Posted by - July 23, 2017
Cheers and shouts of excitement filled Mt. Carmel School ground last weekend as Saipan youths compete in different sporting events during Mt. Carmel Youth Ministry (MCYM) 1st Annual Sports Fest.…
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Participants from Chile posed for a group photo in the First International Symposium on Catechesis, which opened on July 11, 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pope Francis encouraged catechists to be creative, to look for “different means and different ways to proclaim Christ.”

Catechesis is a vocation of service, not a job, pope says

Posted by - July 16, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catechists are called to live their mission as a service, by preaching the Gospel through concrete actions rather than treating it as just a job, Pope…
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A Philippine Marine fires his weapon towards an Islamic extremist stronghold in Marawi, Philippines, May 30. Catholic bishops in the southern Philippines supported the declaration of martial law in Mindanao following an attempt by a band of gunmen claiming to be Islamic militants to seize the city. (CNS photo/Erik De Castro, Reuters)

Philippine bishops appeal for return to peace in south of country

Posted by - July 16, 2017
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — The Philippine Catholic bishops appealed for a “return to normalcy and peace … as soon as possible,” as violence continues in the southern part of the…
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Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville, Ill., addresses more than 2,000 delegates July 8 during the 12th National Black Catholic Congress in Orlando, Fla. The theme of the congress was drawn from words of the prophet Micah: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me: Act justly, love goodness and walk humbly." (CNS photo/Jean Gonzalez, Florida Catholic)

Braxton: Justice, love must be ‘written in our hearts’ and daily actions

Posted by - July 16, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) — In 1955 in Mississippi, a white woman lied and told her husband that Emmett Till, a black teen, flirted with her in the grocery story. In…
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