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Elizabeth Johnson, C.S.J. (CNS photo/courtesy Fordham University)
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Elizabeth Johnson, C.S.J., a theology professor at Fordham University, was given the top award of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious’ on Aug. 15 during its national assembly in Nashville, Tenn. During her acceptance speech, she strongly criticized the U.S. bishops for their formal cr
PEACEMAKING. Father Robert Rosebrough of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish in Ferguson, Mo., leads a prayer vigil for peace on Aug. 11.
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As groups across the country held vigils to remember Michael Brown, a teenager whose death on Aug. 9 has sparked a wave of unrest in his Missouri hometown and raised questions about racial profiling and police militarization, religious leaders in the St. Louis area called upon “all people to p
GENERATION NEXT. Young people join Pope Francis at the closing Mass of the sixth Asian Youth Day at Haemi Castle in Haemi, South Korea, on Aug. 17.
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Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis opened new horizons for the Catholic Churches in Asia with a groundbreaking talk on Aug. 17 to 70 bishops from 36 countries of this vast continent, in which he encouraged them to engage in a dialogue that must not only be based on identity but also must be done with “empathy.&rdqu
Gaza's Rubble
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The death of Miguel Pajares, O.H., on Aug. 12 brought to six the number of caregivers at a Catholic-run hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, who died of Ebola in August. • An official with the Catholic Near East Welfare Association said humanitarian agencies are “trying to pick up the pieces&rd
Protesters against illegal immigration hold signs and wave flags to motorists on highway overpass. (CNS photo/Sandy Huffaker, Reuters)
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Jim McDermott
The example of Christ looms large over the immigration debate here.
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In a letter read during an Environmental Protection Agency hearing in Washington on July 30, the chairmen of two committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops offered their support for national standards to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants in an effort to limit climate chan