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South Sudan bishop: Our people ‘on brink of destitution, slowly perishing’

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The people of God in South Sudan are in urgent need of external support, the president of the Integral Human Development Commission of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SCBC) has said. In a March 8 letter addressed to “the head of Caritas network, people of goodwill, and the international community,” Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala described the desperate situation of…
LEE MAS South Sudan bishop: Our people ‘on brink of destitution, slowly perishing’

Historic ‘Requiem for the Forgotten’ Mass to premiere in Miami 

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A Miami parish will host the world premiere of a new sacred choral composition, Frank La Rocca’s “Requiem for the Forgotten,” during a Mass in memory of those who have died without a proper funeral.   Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, who will preside at the Mass, commissioned the piece “for the repose of the souls of…
LEE MAS Historic ‘Requiem for the Forgotten’ Mass to premiere in Miami 

March for Life in Spain takes the mask off culture of death

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In a festive atmosphere, thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid, Spain, on Sunday to participate in the annual March for Life with the theme “Yes to Life” in an event that featured powerful testimonies. “It’s time to unmask the lies, horrors, businesses, and ideologies that sustain the culture of death and assume…
LEE MAS March for Life in Spain takes the mask off culture of death

Archbishop of Port-au-Prince: ‘There is real danger of civil war in Haiti’

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The archbishop of Port-au-Prince and president of the Haitian Bishops’ Conference, Max Leroy Mésidor, shared his perspective on the difficult situation facing his country and the pastoral work of the Church in the midst of violence, kidnappings, and chaos. “Yes, there is a real danger of civil war breaking out in the country. The armed…
LEE MAS Archbishop of Port-au-Prince: ‘There is real danger of civil war in Haiti’

Haiti’s Catholic bishops issue urgent appeal for end to violence

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Amid the violence racking the country, the Haitian Bishops’ Conference has issued a letter to the faithful that recalls Isaiah’s prophecy: “No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise” (Is 60:18). Based on this hope for a…
LEE MAS Haiti’s Catholic bishops issue urgent appeal for end to violence

Pope Francis to the world’s children: ‘If we really want to be happy, we need to pray’

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Pope Francis has issued a message to the world’s children in anticipation of the Church’s first-ever World Children’s Day, which will take place in Rome from May 25–26, reminding them that the key to happiness lies in cultivating a prayer life and personal relationship with Christ, which in turn forms the basis of broader social…
LEE MAS Pope Francis to the world’s children: ‘If we really want to be happy, we need to pray’

Pope Francis opens Vatican’s Judicial Year, has aide read speech due to ‘bronchitis’

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Pope Francis presided over the inauguration of the 95th Judicial Year of the Vatican City State on Saturday morning, however he delegated the task of reading the speech to an aide due to bronchitis.  “I thank you all. I have prepared a speech, but you can hear I am unable to read it because of…
LEE MAS Pope Francis opens Vatican’s Judicial Year, has aide read speech due to ‘bronchitis’

This tailoring shop in Jordan helps Iraqi refugees knit their lives back together

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In Amman, Jordan, there is a tailoring workshop where, in addition to creating clothing and accessories, the wounds of life are stitched back together.  It is called Rafedìn, which means “the two rivers.” The rivers refer to the Tigris and the Euphrates, enclosing Mesopotamia, the land of Iraq. The name was chosen by the first Iraqi…
LEE MAS This tailoring shop in Jordan helps Iraqi refugees knit their lives back together

Historic Notre Dame College in Ohio to close this spring after 100 years

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After more than 100 years in Ohio, Notre Dame College (NDC) will shut its doors this year, joining a growing list of small Catholic colleges that have closed in recent years. Though the school has been struggling with debt for the past few years, the announcement was sudden, falling just months before the end of…
LEE MAS Historic Notre Dame College in Ohio to close this spring after 100 years

French bishops call for fasting and prayer as France enshrines abortion in constitution 

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The French Bishops’ Conference issued a call for fasting and prayer as the French government moved to enshrine abortion rights in the country’s constitution. The French National Assembly in January voted to introduce a “right to abortion” in the French Constitution, moving to make official a “liberté garantie” — a “guaranteed freedom” — to abort an…
LEE MAS French bishops call for fasting and prayer as France enshrines abortion in constitution