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Oct 30, 2017, 12:00 PM
Stephanie Rapp, Director of Marriage & Family Life for the Diocese of Columbus
Working with victims of human trafficking forever changed me. The immeasurable suffering of so many of our brothers and sisters broke my heart and it does still…
Oct 25, 2017, 11:00 AM
Official logo for the "Share the Journey" campaign, a two-year program that Caritas Internationalis launched Sept. 27.
“We see, for example, how quickly those among us with the status of a stranger, an immigrant, or a…
Oct 23, 2017, 1:00 PM
Nuclear war protesters demonstrate outside the White House in Washington (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Each year on the anniversary of its founding (October 24), the United Nations observes Disarmament Week. This seems particularly fitting…
Oct 19, 2017, 6:04 PM
Deisy Muñoz Viesca, policy intern for Migration and Refugee Services, USCCB
Living in the United States, I think many of us take for granted the ready accessibility of food resources. Supermarkets across the nation offer a variety…
Oct 11, 2017, 11:00 AM
Every summer I look forward to embracing the fall season. As the morning air crisps, I wake up relieved. The days shorten into longer, cooler evenings. The light softens and becomes a bit hazier. Meals are bit warmer, spicier,…
Oct 10, 2017, 12:00 PM
“Nowadays the death penalty is inadmissible, no matter how serious the crime committed.” Pope Francis, March 20, 2015
This memorial dedicated to Sister Paula Merrill, a member of the Sisters of Nazareth, and Sister Margaret Held, a…
Oct 5, 2017, 11:00 AM
Community members in Charlottesville, Va., hold a vigil for Heather Heyer Aug. 16. She was killed Aug. 12 during a white supremacist protest over a plan to remove the statue of a Confederate general from a city park. (CNS photo/Kate Bellows, The…
Oct 3, 2017, 11:00 AM
In our current climate, I find it very challenging to bring up any issue facing our nation in discussion with fellow parishioners, friends, and even family members. It seems that the most important issues, like immigration, race, health coverage, or…
Sep 28, 2017, 10:00 AM
When Pope Francis talks about care for creation, he almost always pairs it with conversations of unity amongst humanity. In his 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’, he makes strong statements about the necessity of Christians, theists, and all humans…
Sep 27, 2017, 11:00 AM
A statue of St. Vincent de Paul is seen in an April 30 photo in front of a chapel that bears his name on the Washington campus of The Catholic University of America. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)
Today, September 27, we celebrate the feast of…
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