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Irish Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin
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Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin said he would seek assurances from religious congregations operating in his diocese that they are rigidly following child protection guidelines after a fresh round of audits raised serious concerns. In a statement on Feb. 10, Archbishop Martin said it was “
Mary's Lake is seen through trees on Sisters of Loretto property near proposed natural gas liquid pipeline in Kentucky
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Judith Valente
Ever since the days of pioneer homesteaders, the Sisters of Loretto have lived amid the rolling hills of central Kentucky. They taught in rural schools, still operate a corn and soybean farm and offer retreats on their 780 acres of prime agricultural land.The sisters would have liked to continue qui
Suffering in Ukraine
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More than two dozen undocumented students at Catholic colleges sent a letter on Feb. 5 to 79 members of Congress who graduated from Catholic schools, urging them not to cut off funding for the president’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. • Church leaders criticized the arre
EBOLA SURVIVOR. N’daye Conte arrives home on Jan. 14 after recovering from Ebola at Donka National Hospital in Conakry, Guinea.
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Kevin Clarke
A recent International Monetary Fund initiative should ease the economic emergency in West African states most affected by the Ebola epidemic, but it will also serve as a template for responding to similar crises in the future, said Eric LeCompte, executive director of the Washington-based Jubilee U
Women wait to read intentions as Pope Francis celebrates Mass of Thanksgiving for canonization of two Canadian saints.
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The challenge to find new ways for women to be “full participants in the various areas of social and ecclesial life…can no longer be postponed,” said Pope Francis, speaking on Feb. 7 with members of the Pontifical Council for Culture. The pope said a “more widespread and inc
Salvadoran women look at a painting of slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero at a cathedral in San Salvador.
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Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador will be beatified in San Salvador “certainly within the year and not later, but possibly within a few months,” said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator, or chief promoter of the archbishop’s sainthood cause. Speaking to reporters on Feb