Catholic agency offers help after ‘heartbreaking’ collapse of building

MIAMI BEACH — Staff members with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami were on location and developing a response

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International community urged to stop rape as a weapon of war in Tigray

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – As conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region continues to worsen, there are increasing calls for international action against

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World Day for Grandparents and Elderly: A time for small acts of kindness

ROME — Try a little tenderness. That’s basically how Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, 73, summarized Pope Francis’ vision for what

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New Manila archbishop promises to be a shepherd who listens to his sheep

MANILA, Philippines — Cardinal José Advíncula was installed as the new archbishop of Manila, the country’s largest diocese, in a

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Official says Vatican paid more than $7 million in property taxes in 2020

ROME — When a popular Italian rapper slammed the Vatican for expressing its concerns about a proposed anti-homophobia bill, he

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Chicago Archdiocese settles sexual abuse suit for $880,000

CHICAGO — Two men who said they were sexually molested decades ago by a notorious Catholic priest who was imprisoned

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Philippine democracy scion, ex-leader Benigno Aquino dies

MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, the son of pro-democracy icons who helped topple dictator Ferdinand Marcos

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U.S. bishops praise Biden for committing to give vaccines to needy nations

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on

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Gibraltar votes on whether to ease its strict abortion law

Gibraltar was holding a referendum Thursday on whether to introduce exceptions to the British territory’s ban on abortion. Abortion is

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