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Bryant relied on Catholic faith to see him through tough personal times

Monday, January 27, 2020014 As the world mourned the loss of basketball great Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others killed in a tragic helicopter crash Jan. 26, many...

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U.S. bishops' pro-life chairman asks Catholics to serve mothers in need

Wednesday, January 22, 2020010 In marking the "sorrowful anniversary" Jan. 22 of the Supreme Court's ruling legalizing abortion nationwide, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee said...

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Everyday Heroes: Knight brings more than clean water to Guatemalans

Wednesday, December 18, 2019016 The only water available to the people in the mountain region of Santa Maria in Jalapa, Guatemala, was bacteria-infested. Women and girls would spend as much as eight...

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Guards attacked at national shrine in D.C. in apparent domestic incident

Wednesday, December 11, 2019020 Washington authorities apprehended a suspect in an incident involving an attack Dec. 10 against two security guards at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the...

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Bishops hear follow-up Encuentro report, OK writing new pastoral plan

Thursday, November 14, 2019014 The U.S. bishops, aware of the growing numbers of Catholics in the country who are of Hispanic origin, voted to write a new pastoral plan for Latino Catholics that would...

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Bishops hear that third-party reporting system may start in February

Thursday, November 14, 2019016 A third-party reporting system to field sexual misconduct allegations against bishops could be in place by the end of February, an official of the U.S. Conference of...

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Bishops urged to heed pope's call: Listen to and accompany young people

Wednesday, November 13, 2019016 The day after the U.S. bishops were encouraged at their Baltimore meeting to bring young people back to the church, they were urged to also pay more attention to and...

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Bishops listen to grim landscape of policy on the immigration front

Wednesday, November 13, 2019020 In a wide-ranging report on immigration Nov. 12, U.S. bishops heard a grim landscape facing immigrants and refugees trying to find shelter in the United States. But they...

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U.S. bishops examine challenges faced by church, society

Wednesday, November 13, 2019040 On the agenda for the U.S. bishops' Nov. 11-13 meeting in Baltimore were elections and discussions of key challenges in the church and the nation. Unlike recent previous...

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Archbishop at social ministry Mass: Spreading Gospel 'requires effort'