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As Mass Extinction Threatens, Are Catholics Listening to ‘Laudato Si’’?
Kevin Clarke
Researchers say deforestation, pollution, overfishing and the illegal wildlife trade, together with climate change, “are pushing species populations to the edge.”
Betty Howard arranges produce at the City Greens at Midtown Center in St. Louis in this June 17, 2010, photo. The project, sponsored by Catholic Charities, was developed with the goal to get produce into the kitchens of all families.
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Catholic Caring
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Three Catholic charitable organizations that support programs in the United States and around the world rank among the top 100 groups in terms of fundraising.
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News Briefs
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Iraqi Christians gathered on Oct. 25 at the Church of our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ainkawa, Turkey, to offer prayers of support for Iraqi forces pressing an offensive against the Islamic State around Mosul. • President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela met privately with Pope Francis an Oct. 24 as the Vatican began a mediation effort to end the political and economic crisis in Venezuela. • Rapid growth in the number of men entering St. John’s Seminary prompted the Archdiocese of Boston to buy back space from Boston College on Oct. 20.

A man carries a European Union flag in London June 24, a day after voters in the United Kingdom decided to leave the EU. (CNS photo/Neil Hall, Reuters)
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After-Brexit Worries
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The U.K.'s Catholic Association for Racial Justice plans to identify and support specific groups who have become newly vulnerable since Brexit.
Sister Jamie Phelps, O.P., of Chicago, begins the series.
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Unprecedented Preaching
Michael J. O’Loughlin
One of the more intriguing questions Pope Francis prompted earlier this year when he announced that a Vatican commission would study whether the early church had women deacons was: How would Catholics react to women preaching?
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Nineveh Christians Await Outcome Of Mosul Offensive Against ISIS
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More than 100,000 Christians from the area had already left. The archbishop of Mosul begged the remainder to flee, too.“They [Kurdish fighters] left us alone, and we were few in number with no weapons, and we could do nothing to face the Islamic State,” said Banni. “We ran.”A
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