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Giving trees at Catholic churches bring joy to the needy
Catholic churches in the Boston area are giving back this holiday season. Following a decades-old tradition, parishes around the region collect gifts…
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Irish ancestral records available online for free
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Cardinal O’Malley: clergy have responsibility to report abuse
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – Catholic clergy have a "moral and ethical responsibility" to report sexual abuse, the cardinal tasked with reforming…
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Pope in Mexico condemns drug trade’s ‘dealers of death’
ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Pope Francis condemned the drug trade's "dealers of death" and urged Mexicans to shun the…
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Pro-life movement draws from humanitarian, liberal views
Few Americans may realize that the fight to protect unborn children began long before Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme…
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Finding nuance in Vatican’s Jewish-Catholic relations ‘Reflection’
Following the Vatican's recent release of its latest document on Jewish-Christian relations, the takeaways for most mainstream media were manifested…