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Amid hurricane’s devastation, Puerto Ricans’ spirit seen shining through

By Wallice J. de la Vega SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CNS) — Above all material and financial considerations after Hurricane Maria’s severe damage in Puerto Rico, one must highlight the […]

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Senate confirms Callista Gingrich as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Senate confirmed Callista Gingrich as the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. Voting late […]

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Listening to God in the stillness: a vocation story

By Sister Faustina Maria Pia CNS — A few years ago I came across a paper I wrote in high school. The topic was, “If you were a pilgrim in […]

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Catholic groups actively working on Puerto Rico’s recovery

By Wallace J. de la Vega QUEBRADILLAS, Puerto Rico (CNS) — A month after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Catholic organizations, groups and individuals were still among the most prominent […]

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Catholic cemeteries bury the poor and forgotten

WASHINGTON (CNS) — It is not as if anyone has organized a parade or a public relations campaign to say so, but Catholic cemeteries around the country have, do and […]

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Long-term recovery ahead for California communities hit hard by wildfires

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (CNS) — The Diocese of Santa Rosa “has been hit hard” and “is in an ongoing state of uncertainty” because of Northern California wildfires that began the […]

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Bishop Vasquez urges U.S. to help solve expanding Rohingya crisis WASHINGTON (CNS) — The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration called on the federal government to work with […]

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Students, Catholic Charities mobilize to aid storm victims

By Amy Wise Taylor CHARLESTON, S.C. (CNS) — In a demonstration of what charity is all about, students in the Diocese of Charleston — like people across the nation — […]

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Cardinal urges passage of Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Saying he was speaking “on behalf of our country and the children whose lives are at stake,” Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York Sept. 29 urged […]

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USCCB president, pope call for prayers after ‘unspeakable terror’

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The nation has experienced yet another night filled with unspeakable terror,” and “we need to pray and to take care of those who are suffering,” said the […]

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100 years after Russian revolution, Christianity faces new challenges

By Robert Duncan MOSCOW (CNS) — A few blocks from Moscow’s Lubyanka Building, which for decades served as the headquarters of the Soviet Union’s KGB security agency, the Russian Orthodox […]

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Church-based charities provide earthquake relief in Mexico

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the aftermath of two earthquakes in the span of two weeks in Mexico, church-based relief agencies have been on the ground providing food, shelter and repairs. […]