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Captain of Olympic hockey team played for Catholic schools

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Brian Gionta, captain of the U.S. men’s Olympic ice hockey team, competed in the 2006 Winter Games and played on three NHL teams, but his skating roots […]

News Briefs: February 25, 2018

Nuns withdraw from ministry in Mexican city wracked by violence MEXICO CITY (CNS) — An order of nuns has withdrawn from an especially violent city after the parents and sister […]

Catholics urged to appeal to Congress to pass DACA bill now

WASHINGTON (CNS) — By day’s end Feb. 15, members of the U.S. Senate had rejected four immigration proposals, leaving it unclear how lawmakers will address overall immigration reform and keep […]

Florida school shooting an act of ‘horrifying evil,’ says Miami archbishop

MIAMI (CNS) —Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski urged community members to come together “to support one another in this time of grief” after a shooting rampage Feb. 14 at a […]

Imagining a world with papal wish of nonviolence as a style of politics

WASHINGTON (CNS) — When Pope Francis said, in the title of his 2017 World Day of Peace message, that he wanted to see nonviolence as “a style of politics for […]

News Briefs: February 18, 2019

Two Mexican priests killed in ambush MEXICO CITY — Two priests were gunned down as they returned from Candlemas celebrations in a corner of Mexico rife with drug cartel violence […]

Catholic bioethics institute: Kids could be harmed if Scotland changes gender law

MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — A Catholic bioethics institute warned the Scottish government that children will be at increased risk of harm under proposed changes to the law on gender recognition. […]

DREAMers: Countdown to crisis

Dreamer says being DACA recipient is her motivation to run, raise money By Aprille Hanson LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS) — Erika Nava will not slow down. Whether she’s running for […]

Fire on ice: Wojtek Wolski’s faith helps keep Olympic dream alive

By Tim Wharnsby TORONTO (CNS) — Wojtek Wolski has gone from being a can’t-miss prospect from St. Michael’s College to a disillusioned young man who wanted to quit hockey, to […]

CRS Stories of Hope: Finding hope amid violence in Chicago

Editor’s Note: Catholic Relief Services is an international organization dedicated to helping the poor across the globe. This year, during the liturgical season of Lent, when many individuals are practicing […]

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Nun’s recovery recognized as 70th official miraculous healing at Lourdes

ROME (CNS) — As the Catholic Church celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, a French bishop announced the 70th officially recognized miraculous cure of a pilgrim to the […]

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Q-and-A on faith leaders’ letter on beauty of ‘God-given sexual identity’

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In December, Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage and three other Catholic bishops […]