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Healing racial divide starts with dialogue, black bishops say
IMAGE: CNS/Nancy Wiechec By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — The threat of being pulled over by police and arrested for something that even “hinted of going beyond the status quo,” was very real to retired Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, when he was growing up in segregated Baton …
U.S. church urged to turn attention to racism before fractures widen
IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Father Bryan Massingale, a priest of the Milwaukee Archdiocese and well-known theologian, knows what it’s like to be watched by police. He said that as a black man there have been times he has been followed by police officers …
Pope prays for grieving families following terror attack in France
IMAGE: CNS photo/Eric Gaillard, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Remembering the victims of the tragic terrorist attack in Nice, France, Pope Francis prayed that God may give comfort to grieving families and foil the plans of those who wish to harm others. “May God, the good …
Chaplains use faith, listening to help their flocks in summer of mistrust, fear
IMAGE: By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — The week had been emotionally draining at the predominantly black parish in Oakland, California. Along with the rest of the country, they had felt the weight of two more fatal shootings of black men by police. Then things got worse July 7 when …
U.S. House members in bipartisan vote pass Conscience Protection Act
IMAGE: CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a bipartisan 245-182 vote, House members July 13 passed the Conscience Protection Act, which would provide legal protection to doctors, nurses, hospitals and all health care providers who choose not to provide abortions as part of their health care practice. …
Mobile medical unit from Vatican hits Rome’s peripheries to help poor
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A mobile medical unit donated by the Vatican tours Rome’s peripheries, offering free health care to those in need. A local volunteer association of doctors, health care professionals and medical students use the white and blue-striped RV-style vehicle, which carries …
Communications ‘the ministry of my priesthood,’ says longtime editor
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rick Musacchio,Tennessee Register By Andy Telli NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) - Throughout his life, Msgr. Owen Campion has had a fascination with words. That fascination led him into the Catholic media as a reporter, writer and editor, a mentor to Catholic journalists, and as a liaison between the Vatican …
Syrian refugees, all Muslims, graduate from Caritas-run schools in Jordan
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dale Gavlak By Dale Gavlak NAOUR, Jordan (CNS) — Exuberant Syrian refugee children sang, danced and played with colorful clowns as they celebrated graduation at their Caritas-sponsored school in this sleepy suburb of the Jordanian capital, Amman. Some 170 Muslim children, ages 5-17, proudly strode up on the …
Scottish bishops urge Britain not to renew Trident weapons system
IMAGE: CNS photo/Joey Kelly, EPA By Simon Caldwell MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — The British government must take “decisive and courageous steps” toward ridding the country of nuclear weapons, said the Catholic bishops of Scotland. All eight bishops issued a joint statement calling for nuclear disarmament ahead of a July 18 …
Crowds gather in churches, parks, plazas to remember Dallas officers
IMAGE: CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters By David Sedeno DALLAS (CNS) — In the week since five Dallas area police officers were gunned down, thousands have gathered in churches, parks, plazas, parking lots and a symphony hall to remember the fallen officers, to cry for hope and pray for peace and …