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U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., raises the gavel during the opening session of the new Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 3. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
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Catholic News Service
Health care is not just another issue, but a "fundamental issue of human life and dignity" and "a critical component of the Catholic Church's ministry."
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, talks with Pope Francis as the arrive for the concluding session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 18. At right is Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“Creating space for a variety of pastoral responses is not decentralization. It’s a response to the realities in which people live.”
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a rally at the annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 27. (CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The selection of Mr. Pence ends months of speculation over whether one of the nation’s most prestigious Catholic universities would honor President Donald J. Trump
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP)
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
U.S. Catholic bishops have issued a flurry of statements about the many executive orders signed by Mr. Trump.
Philip Weiss of Rosenbloom Monument Co. reset headstones at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City on Feb. 21, 2017, where almost 200 gravestones were vandalized over the weekend (photo: Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch).
FaithIn All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“The Catholic Church stands in love with the Jewish community in the current face of anti-Semitism.”
In this May 31, 2014 file photo, Mass is celebrated at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Greenwood, Mississippi, the older of two Catholic parishes in the small Mississippi Delta city that share a pastor and some functions. (CNS photo/Patricia Zapor)
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Maureen Smith - Catholic News Service
The bill would prohibit cities and institutions of higher learning from declaring themselves sanctuary cities. There are currently no sanctuary cities in the state, although the city of Jackson proposed such a declaration last year.