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Award-winning nurse says Catholic faith influenced her work in Kenya

Thursday, May 19, 2022039 At a school in the Turbi area in northern Kenya, children clear out by midday, and in come the parents, who are learning to read. Nearly 80% of the region's population...

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Panel brings Sister Thea Bowman's life and legacy to Georgetown audience

Thursday, May 5, 202208 Sister Thea Bowman, one of six Black Catholics known as a "Servant of God" now that their sainthood causes are being advanced, has plenty of lessons to impart from her...

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At Caritas warehouse in Poland, supplies for Ukraine are scarce

Monday, April 25, 202208 In a cavernous warehouse on the edge of Lublin, Piotr Piskorski sees too much empty space, especially near the pallets of baby formula, canned soups and vegetables and...

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As three feasts converge, Holy Land Christians hope for peace, tourism

Thursday, April 7, 2022013 With pandemic restrictions almost fully lifted, churches and shopkeepers alike are hopeful that the streets of Jerusalem will fill up once again as Easter, Passover and...

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Open arms, open hearts, open doors: Welcoming strategies for newcomers

Monday, March 7, 2022017 The rise this winter of COVID-19's omicron variant wiped out a lot of people's travel plans, including for some of the United States' most recent arrivals.

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Despite invasion, nuns say they'll remain in Ukraine to serve the people

Friday, February 25, 2022024 Women religious in Ukraine are facing Russia's full-scale invasion of that nation with determined faith and a commitment to service.

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Pro-lifers hopeful about outcome of Dobbs case, urge prayers for court

Thursday, December 2, 2021026 The chairman of the U.S. bishops' pro-life committee Dec. 1 urged Catholics, people of other faiths and all people of goodwill to unite in prayer that the U.S. Supreme...

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In Houston, #RallyNuns may be Astros' secret weapon as World Series opens

Tuesday, October 26, 2021044 There might be angels in the outfield, but in the Space City, the Houston Astros have Dominicans in the stands. And in a sea of orange and blue garb, their bright white...

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Texas village puts an exclamation point on its effort to end homelessness

Wednesday, October 6, 2021040 Nobody ever thought that doing the good deed of feeding some homeless people in the Texas capital of Austin would spawn a neighborhood where the homeless are homeless no...

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Catholics with disabilities share their vision of a synodal church