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New Zealand priests find ways to be with people affected by quake
The seaside town of Kaikoura on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island might have had its road and rail links with the outside world cut off after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, but its Catholic priest found a way to get into...
Power struggle in Syria is ‘workshop of cruelty,’ pope says
Where there is no tenderness, there is cruelty and what is unfolding in Syria is a veritable "workshop of cruelty," Pope Francis told governing members of Caritas Internationalis.
Diocese hosts marathon reading of Bible as way to close Year of Mercy
The Diocese of Lafayette planned to hold a "Jubilee of the Word" marathon in the town square of St. Martinville as one of its events to close out the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
Admonish sin without putting on airs or being hypocrite, pope says
Offering counsel and admonishing sinners are works of mercy, but they are not a license to pretend to be better than others, Pope Francis said.
Report commissioned by bishops finds diversity abounds in U.S. church
The Catholic Church is one of the most culturally diverse institutions in the United States and Catholic institutions and ministries need to adapt and prepare for growing diversity, said a report presented to the country's...
Lift high the cross
by Joe Bollig joe.bollig@theleaven.org A dramatic piece of sacred art has been installed at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas, but you won’t see it unless you know where to look. On Nov. 9, workmen commissioned by...
Texas cardinal, L.A. archbishop elected USCCB president, vice president
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston was elected president of the U.S. bishops' conference Nov. 15 for a three-year term to begin at the conclusion of the bishops' annual fall general assembly in Baltimore.
Program helps Guatemalans fight child malnutrition with gardens, hygiene
As a 12-year-old working as a farm laborer, Elvia Abac vowed that when she grew up, her children would never go hungry the way she was.
Archbishop calls for bishops’ racism statement given election tension
Earlier this year, as communities faced tensions, protests and violence, following a spate of shooting and killings of black men by police, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, of Louisville, Kentucky, as president of the U.S. Conference...