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Pope Francis speaks in Spanish in a video message to Catholic leaders taking part in a safeguarding course at the Pontifical University of Mexico in Mexico City. The pope said prevention is key to preventing abuse. (CNS photo/Pontifical University of Mexico YouTube channel)

Pope: Church needs apostolate of prevention to protect minors from abuse

Posted by - July 26, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Prevention is key in protecting minors from abuse, Pope Francis said. The protection of minors is a serious concern and what is needed is “an apostolate…
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New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan prays at the tomb of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini during a Mass for immigrants July 13, 2019, at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine in New York City. The liturgy was part of the shrine's daylong celebration marking the birthday of its patroness. An Italian immigrant born July 15, 1850, Mother Cabrini was the first U.S. citizen to be canonized and is the patron saint of immigrants. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Mother Cabrini’s ministry to immigrants called ‘more essential’ than ever

Posted by - July 26, 2019
NEW YORK (CNS) — St. Frances Xavier Cabrini took to heart Jesus’ greatest commandment to love God and love one’s neighbor by tending to those most in need — children,…
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Mercy Sister Mary Ellen Foley holds a sign while standing other members of the New Hampshire Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty during a May 30, 2019, vigil outside the New Hampshire Statehouse in Concord. During a June 22 celebration the Sisters of Mercy were honored by the coalition for the key role the Mercy community played in making New Hampshire the 21st state in the country to abolish the death penalty May 30. (CNS photo/Martin Toe, courtesy Sisters of Mercy)

Mercy sisters honored for efforts to help New Hampshire end death penalty

Posted by - July 26, 2019
CONCORD, N.H. (CNS) — A group of Mercy sisters has been honored by the New Hampshire Coalition Against the Death Penalty for the key role they played in making New…
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Brett Robinson speaks at a symposium hosted by the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., July 9, 2019. The conference brought together Catholic intellectuals and communications practitioners to explore how the church can respond and benefit from the new media paradigm. Robinson is the communications director for the McGrath Institute. (CNS photo/courtesy Stephen Barany, McGrath Institute for Church Life)

Big tech, digital culture pose challenges for sharing faith, panelists say

Posted by - July 26, 2019
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (CNS) — As politicians around the world scrutinize how Facebook, Google and Amazon mine user data for commercial purposes, Catholic leaders are studying ways to spread the…
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Archbishop Socrates Villegas, pictured in a July 7, 2014, photo, is one of four Philippine bishops charged with sedition. In mid-July, police filed charges of inciting sedition, cyber libel, libel and obstruction of justice against more than 40 people, including the country's vice president and 35 members of the opposition. (CNS photo/Simone Orendain)

Archbishop: Sedition charges against prelates, VP are ‘beyond belief’

Posted by - July 26, 2019
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Philippine church leaders said the filing of sedition charges against four Catholic bishops, three priests, and several government critics are “beyond belief.” In mid-July, the police’s…
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