Because of continuing problems with his knee, Pope Francis has postponed his planned trip to Congo and South Sudan July 2-7, said the Vatican press office. Matteo Bruni, director of the press office, did not mention ...
Despite ongoing knee pain and trouble walking, Pope Francis will travel to Congo and South Sudan as planned July 2-7, the Vatican confirmed May 28. Peace, unity and reconciliation are the chief themes of the trips ...
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari told West African bishops he appreciated Pope Francis' encyclical "Fratelli Tutti" for proposing some of the boldest and most radical ideas on securing human unity, peace and security. "Peace cannot reign in ...
African bishops called on global financial institutions meeting in Washington to "help shape an economy that better protects the dignity and basic human rights of our sisters and brothers all around the world." The April 20 ...
Catholic priests, nuns and church agencies are providing some relief in East Africa's drought, which scientists and experts describe as the worst in 40 years. But the need for food, water and other basics in the ...
Armed attackers broke into the convent at Holy Family Parish in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, and kidnapped an American nun sometime between late April 4 and daybreak April 5, said the U.S. head of the sister's ...
In a new essay, Sam Brownback, a former U.S. ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, and Eric LeCompte, the executive director of the Jubilee USA Network, propose that the global community must come together to help ...
Africa's Catholic bishops have criticized the appropriation of land, natural resources and other economic assets by private companies and called on national governments to show greater concern for local community rights and needs. "For most ...
Getting Muslim and Christian young people together to know each other before terrorist groups can sow divisiveness is seen as key to peace in the Sahel region of western Africa, said panelists during a March ...
In Sudan's Nuba Mountains and in neighboring South Sudan, mass vaccination against COVID-19 is so far off that it is not even mentioned, said a retired bishop responsible for remote hospitals that he has been ...
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Welcoming Supreme Court’s decision, USCCB leaders say it’s time to build pro-life culture
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Welcoming court's decision, leaders say it's time to build pro-life culture
Two leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops hailed the Supreme Court's June 24 decision to overturn the...
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The @OSV Editorial Board writes: “The court’s decision in Dobbs spelled the end of Roe & of Casey, but it is just the beginning of the next frontier for those committed to the cause of life. ... Having done so, now is the time to redouble our efforts”
Editorial: Dobbs, Roe and the true fact of life
On Friday, in a long-awaited decision on a law banning most abortions after 15 weeks in Mississippi, the U.S. Su...
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