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Several hundred people took part in a prayer walk on Sept. 14, 2016, from the Oceti Sakowin camp near Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota to the site up the road where Dakota Access began digging over Labor Day weekend for construction on a nearly 1,200-mile pipeline project. Construction temporarily has been halted.

Standing Rock anti-pipeline activists see Pope Francis as spiritual ally

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STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. – Does Pope Francis have a position on the Dakota Access Pipeline?

The Schmidt family, Vanessa and her husband Michael, with sons Liam and Nate in front.

Young couple shares their life lessons

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They say the first year of marriage is the hardest, but Michael and Vanessa Nicholas-Schmidt never would have guessed that their marital bliss would be cut short by a pile of dirty containers.

Pope Francis greets Stephen Hawking, a theoretical physicist and cosmologist, during a Nov. 28 meeting with the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican.

Why famed atheist Stephen Hawking is on a pontifical academy

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VATICAN CITY – Stephen Hawking’s visit to the Vatican this week has raised curiosity, with some asking what exactly the famed astrophysicist and self-proclaimed atheist was doing in the heart of the Catholic Church.

Archbishop Gregory says that whenever one can play on the fears of some people and depend on the ignorance of others, racism flourishes, and that as a political strategy, such taunting may win votes, but it destroys national unity and our future.

Atlanta Archbishop: Racism is a disease that must be cured

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The U.S. national election brought many issues that the Roman Catholic Church has to face. Below, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, the former chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Task Force to Promote Peace in Our Communities, addresses the racism that came to the forefront in this U.S. political cycle.

New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan and Donald Trump at the 71st annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner Oct. 20. Cardinal Dolan says he hopes promises made by Trump, now president-elect, on life issues will become his administration's policies and that the pro-life community will hold him accountable to those promises.

Cardinal Dolan: What the pro-life community wants from the Trump administration

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The U.S. national election brought many issues to the surface that are important for both the Roman Catholic Church and the new Trump administration. Below, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, offers his take on what needs to happen on the political front.

Pope John Paul II greets Cuban President Fidel Castro at the end of Mass in the Plaza of the Revolution in Havana Jan. 25, 1998.

Fidel Castro, Jesuit-influenced Marxist revolutionary

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Fidel Castro, the Marxist revolutionary who ruled the Western Hemisphere’s only Communist state, acknowledged later in life that he was deeply influenced by Catholic teaching and welcomed a succession of popes to Cuba.

A Denver-based urban ministry, Christ in the City, offers some advice as to how to talk to homeless people.

What do you say to a homeless person? Advice from Catholic urban missionaries

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DENVER – It’s a common sight at a city intersection. A man or a woman holds a cardboard sign: “Homeless, Hungry. Please Give. Anything Helps.”

In a recent Nanos-Globe and Mail survey, almost 60 per cent of Canadians say they would pay higher taxes if the public health system improved palliative care.

Recent polls point to Canadians demanding better palliative care

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If there’s anything that unites Canadians, it’s their overwhelming support for something very few of us have.

The back of the opera house in Canton, Ill., is seen Nov. 20, four days after a natural gas explosion unnerved the community.

Parish thankful after natural gas explosion damaged church and other buildings

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CANTON, Ill. – A deadly natural gas explosion that rocked the downtown square of Canton Nov. 16 also temporarily knocked the faith community of St. Mary Parish out of their damaged church, located just a block east of the blast site.

The Smith family, from left, Alan, Madeleine, Jessica and Malory, will be saying goodbye to the United States and moving to Canada in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential victory.

Why I’m leaving Trump’s America

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Minneapolis, MN – To our soon-to-be-compatriots: thank you for making Canada a destination of hope.

The five books (so far) in Henry Ripplinger’s The Angelic Letters Series have been national bestsellers, selling almost 200,000 copies to date. Books six and seven are to be released in 2017.

Henry Ripplinger's 'Angels' bring best-selling ‘miracle’

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REGINA – Somewhere along the path to writing a self-help book, Henry Ripplinger found himself meandering down a different trail only to emerge as a best-selling  Catholic novelist.

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