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Rescue workers are seen at the collapsed Morandi Bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa in this Aug. 14, 2018, file photo. Marking the first anniversary of the bridge collapse, Pope Francis offered encouragement to the people of Genoa Aug. 13. (CNS photo/Stefano Rellandini, Reuters)

Closeness is God’s answer to suffering, pope says

Posted by - August 16, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In hopeless situations of pain and suffering, God never abandons his children but rather remains close to them, Pope Francis said. “God’s answer to our pain…
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Michiko Kodama, with glasses at far right, is seen in Washington with other peace activists near the White House Aug. 9, 2019. She was 7 years when she experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, by the United States Aug. 6, 1945. (CNS photo/courtesy Art Laffin

Catholic peace advocates commemorate Hiroshima, Nagasaki anniversaries

Posted by - August 16, 2019
WASHINGTON (CNS) — About 40 peace advocates representing about a dozen religious communities held a special Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration Prayer Service of Repentance midday Aug. 9 outside the White…
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Rose lives in rural north-central Kenya and is part of the Unbound project in Meru. From 2014 to the present, 10-year-old Jennifer Stuckenschneider of Colorado, partnering with Unbound, raised over $16,000 to build pumps and sanitary outhouses and latrines in Kenya, Honduras, India and Uganda. (CNS photo/Nickson Ateku, courtesy Unbound)

Science project sparks Colorado girl’s idea to help town in Kenya

Posted by - August 16, 2019
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In 2014, a science project sparked the compassion of a 10-year-old girl from Colorado. So, she set out on a walk that would change the lives of…
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Actor Aldis Hodge and the real-life Brian Banks pose in an undated photo. The new film "Brian Banks," staring Hodge, recounts the true story of the high school football star whose promising future was derailed when he was falsely accused of rape. The California Innocence Project, a law school clinic at California Western School of Law in San Diego, which helped bring about Banks' exoneration, hosted a special screening of the film Aug. 3, 2019, at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. (CNS photo, Katherine Bomboy, courtesy Bleecker Street)

Banks holds no resentment for wrongful conviction; he’s focused on others

Posted by - August 16, 2019
SAN DIEGO (CNS) — The new film “Brian Banks” recounts the true story of a high school football star whose promising future was derailed when he was falsely accused of…
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CCD 101: What does SACRAMENT mean?

Posted by - August 16, 2019
Sacrament is defined as “an outward/visible sign instituted by Christ to give grace.” Here, we can readily see that there are three distinct ideas contained in this definition. Let’s examine…
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Mount Carmel School opens new school year with high enrollment numbers. While there has been a substantial enrollment increase, the school still has limited slots available in a few grade levels. For more information, call 234-6184 or visit mountcarmelsaipan.com

MCS Opens School Year With High Enrollment

Posted by - August 16, 2019
Mount Carmel School opened its doors for the new 2019-2020 school year with about 600 students, a substantial increase. In addition to the school’s high enrollment, the school launched the…
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San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, seen praying the rosary while leading a procession to a Planned Parenthood clinic March 23, 2019, is asking Catholics to join a statewide novena for defeat of a "medication abortion" bill. S.B. 24 would require California State and University of California college health centers to supply medication abortion. (CNS photo/Dennis Callahan, Catholic San Francisco)

California Catholics urged to pray for defeat of medication abortion bill

Posted by - August 11, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) — Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco is urging Catholics in the archdiocese to join in a novena for the defeat of a “dangerous and unprecedented”…
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