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India's bishops congratulated and offered prayer to the country's new president Ram Nath Kovind, who was elected July 20.

India's bishops pray new president will defend rule of law

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NEW DELHI, India – The bishops of India have offered their congratulations to the country's newly elected president, Ram Nath Kovind, urging him to live out the oath he will take to serve the well-being of the people.

A woman holds up a sign supporting the needs of migrants during Texas Advocacy Day at the Texas Capitol in Austin April 4.

Bishops disappointed in Texas’ demand to end protection policy for young migrants

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WASHINGTON – After a Texas attorney general gave the Trump administration an ultimatum to end a policy protecting young migrants or face a lawsuit in September, the Catholic bishops of Texas expressed disappointment in a letter to the state official and blamed Congress for the uncertain future the migrants are facing.

People illustrate the importance of affordable health care in New York City July 13. Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Fla., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, called on the Senate July 21 to fix problems with the Affordable Care Act in a more narrow way, rather than repeal it without an adequate replacement.

Health bill must protect poor, unborn and conscience rights, U.S. bishop says

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WASHINGTON – U.S. senators must reject any bill that would replace the Affordable Care Act unless such a measure "protects poor and vulnerable people, including immigrants, safeguards the unborn and supports conscience rights," said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee.

People form the word peace outside the cathedral in Bogota, Colombia, Sept. 26, 2016. To chants of "No more war," the Colombian government and Marxist rebels signed an agreement that day to end Latin America's last armed conflict.

Church in Colombia a 'prophetic voice' for peace, priest says

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VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church in Colombia not only has taken an active role in peace negotiations between the government and guerrilla groups, but also has remained close with countless innocents caught in the crossfire, said the Colombian bishops' representative to the National Council for Peace.

Artist Lou McClung paints a statue of Mary in his studio at the Museum of Divine Statues in Lakewood, Ohio, July 18. He has restored dozens of statues, many from closed churches in the Diocese of Cleveland that are now displayed in the museum he operates.

Ohio artist restores religious statues, stirs memories of closed parishes

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LAKEWOOD, Ohio – St. Elizabeth of Hungary stands tall, the bread in her right hand, a gift to the poor, looks like it may have just come from the oven. The roses at her waist, visible from an opening in her cloak, are a symbol of God's protection.

Every Wednesday, Joannie Moses meets with the women of the re-entry centre who want to write and share their reflections in groups

Minnesota writer helps incarcerated women pen stories of hurt, hope

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NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. – Five years ago, Joannie Moses was in her late 60s and widowed.

Sophia Montessori Academy, a Montessori school influenced by the Byzantine Catholic tradition is opening in Denver, Colorado.

Byzantine spirituality meets Montessori method at new Denver school

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DENVER, Col. – With the goal of encountering children on a more personal level to meet their academic and spiritual needs, a Montessori school influenced by the Byzantine Catholic tradition is opening in Denver, Colorado.

Juanatano Cano, national consultant on Mayan Catholic ministry for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks to participants at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Cookeville, Tenn., July 8.

Mayan Catholics meet to celebrate 'our uniqueness,' says ministry leader

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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – They come from different countries and speak a range of indigenous languages and dialects. They are descendants of native peoples who developed one of the most sophisticated cultures in the Western Hemisphere.

Sisters Shirley Citrowski and Carol Speich pause to look at a monument of a soldier at Veterans Memorial Park in Belle Plaine, Minn., June 9. A proposed monument that Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple wants to install in the park has roiled some members of the community, including the two women religious, who were born and raised in Belle Plaine but now live elsewhere.

After protests over Satanic memorial, city nixes all religious symbols

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BELLE PLAINE, Minn. – Two days after hundreds of people – many of them Catholic – from around the country descended on Belle Plaine to protest the installation of a Satanic memorial in the city's veterans park, the City Council voted unanimously July 17 to nix all religious symbols there.

People sit at an outdoor chapel on the property of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in Columbia, Pa,. in early July. The chapel was built by Lancaster Against Pipelines in cooperation with the congregation as a symbol to block the Atlantic Sunrise natural gas pipeline, which opponents say would desecrate God's creation.

Religious order welcomes gas pipeline opponents to pray at new 'chapel'

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WASHINGTON – As chapels go, the simple structure on property owned by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ congregation in Columbia, Pennsylvania, is not much.

Many Catholics may not know that the beloved St. John Bosco's mother Margaret Bosco, was declared Venerable in 2006 and has an advancing cause towards beatification.

Have you heard of Venerable 'Mama Bosco'?

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TURIN, Italy – While St. John Bosco is a beloved saint among Catholics, many do not know that his mother, Margaret Bosco, was declared Venerable in 2006 and has an advancing cause towards beatification.

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