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News briefs for Sept. 22, 2019
Cruise ship to deliver aid to Bahamas, bring evacuees to Florida MIAMI (CNS) — A second Florida-to-Bahamas round-trip humanitarian cruise was set to sail the weekend of Sept. 14, weather-permitting, […]
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Abuse crisis, leadership failure impacts Church giving
By Brian Fraga The Catholic Church in the United States has spent a staggering amount of money — close to $4 billion in the past 20 years — to investigate, […]
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Indian Days brings together diverse tribes to celebrate customs, faith
By Elizabeth Boo Neuberger BROWNING, Mont. (CNS) — For nearly 70 years, the Blackfeet Nation has hosted its annual Indian Days in Browning in the northwestern corner of Montana. Every […]
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Court allows Trump administration to bar asylum-seekers for now
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Supreme Court issued an unsigned order late Sept. 11 that will temporarily allow the Trump administration to enforce its new rule preventing many Central American migrants […]
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Central Americans want to stay home; development programs help that happen
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Vanessa Urbina understands how young people in Central America, not seeing an opportunity for work or a good education, could be attracted to make the dangerous trip […]
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Dorian recovery work shows ‘we are your brother’s keeper,’ says volunteer
By Tom Tracy MIAMI (CNS) — As catastrophic as Hurricane Dorian was, the characteristic optimism of Bahamians will help soften the painful recovery to come, according to a hurricane-preparedness volunteer […]
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News Briefs: Sept. 15, 2019
Catholic organizations in Florida marshaling aid for Dorian victims MIAMI (CNS) — In the wake of Hurricane Dorian’s brutal blasting of the Bahamas, Catholic organizations in Florida continued to raise […]
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Indianapolis Colts chaplain focuses on players’ lives and faith
By John Shaughnessy INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — As the Catholic chaplain for the Indianapolis Colts, Father Douglas Hunter has access to the training facility, the team meetings and the sidelines during […]
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News Briefs: September 8, 2019
After 2018 agreement, two bishops ordained in China VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The ordination of Bishop Anthony Yao Shun of Jining in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region was the first […]
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Movie Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon
NEW YORK (CNS) — Film fans generally and viewers of faith in particular will find much to appreciate in the heartwarming drama “The Peanut Butter Falcon” (Roadside). Themes of friendship, […]
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Teen rings in 16th birthday with bells at Indiana parish
By John Shaughnessy CANNELTON, Ind. (CNS) — Tom Huber, former parish council president at St. Michael Parish in Cannelton, was touched by the note he received this summer from a […]
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Annual Marian pilgrimage draws hundreds to abandoned town
CENTRALIA, Pa. (CNS) — About 500 pilgrims came to a small church on the side of a Pennsylvania mountain Aug. 25 to pray for peace. They gathered at Assumption of […]