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In this 2014 file photo, an unarmed AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missile is released from a B-52H Stratofortress at Utah Test and Training Range.

‘The Challenge of Peace’ 40 years later

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Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of the U.S. bishops’ landmark pastoral letter “The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response.”

The pro-life group 40 Days for Life has blocked a legal motion to quash a defamation suit brought against a pro-choice advocate who aimed to “ruin” the campaign.

Pro-life organization proceeds with defamation lawsuit against pro-choice advocate

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The pro-life group 40 Days for Life has successfully blocked a legal motion that might have quashed its defamation lawsuit against a pro-choice advocate who sought to “ruin” its campaign.

Pope Francis celebrates a Mass to open the listening process that leads up to the assembly of the world Synod of Bishops in 2023, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Oct. 10, 2021, file photo. On Oct. 2, 2022, Pope Francis heard syntheses from the listening phase of the 2023 synod.

Synodal process extended by a year

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The Synod on Synodality is getting bigger — globally and in Canada.

Flames and smoke billow from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris April 15, 2019.

Notre-Dame restoration should be complete by 2024

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Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is “a monument of humanity,” French architect Philippe Villeneuve told a Washington audience.

Sr. Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, who is a longtime opponent of capital punishment, speaks to an audience at the Vatican Embassy in Washington Oct. 10, 2019.

‘Can’t not do it,’ says Sister Prejean

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Sr. Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph, shows no signs of slowing down in her long-standing fight to end the death penalty.

As life returns to normal in classrooms following the pandemic, educators in British Columbia Catholic schools’ top concerns are student mental health and well-being. It’s not much different from what educators are finding around North America.

Student mental health educators’ top concern

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With schools slowly getting back to normal following the global pandemic, the Catholic Independent Schools of Vancouver Archdiocese is trying to help Catholic school principals address their greatest concerns.

Holy Rosary Church in Portugal Cove-St. Philips, Nfld. Parishioners thought they had saved the church only to have it pulled out from under them.

Newfoundland parishioners feel ‘betrayed’ by archbishop

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Some parishioners refused to attend the final Mass at Newfoundland’s Holy Rosary Church, angered by what they see as a “betrayal” over closure of their parish after being led to believe it could remain open.

Passengers are processed at the immigration section after arriving at Asmara International Airport in Asmara, Eritrea, July 18, 2018. Eritrean authorities are continuing to detain Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Segheneity, who was arrested at the airport Oct. 15, 2022.

Eritrean authorities detain Catholic bishop with no explanation

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Eritrean authorities are continuing to detain Catholic Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Segheneity, who was arrested at the Asmara International Airport Oct. 15.

Seminarians are pictured in a file photo praying at St. Joseph Pontifical Seminary of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in India's Kerala state. Lay leaders in the Kochi-based Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese say Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, the apostolic administrator, unilaterally revoked the dispensation that had allowed priests to celebrate Mass facing the people, reported ucanews.com.

Syro-Malabar Catholics block archbishop's house to protest change in Mass

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Laypeople in an archdiocese of India's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church have begun a round-the-clock vigil to stop the Vatican-appointed administrator from gaining entry into the archbishop's house.

Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect for the Vatican Diacastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, gives a public address at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.

Consistent life ethic must go beyond traditional life issues, Czerny says

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Embracing a consistent ethic of life must include working to create economic and social systems that foster relationships and build the common good, rather than focusing only on what are seen as traditional life issues such as abortion and euthanasia, said Cardinal Michael Czerny.

“Cowboys are cliche” was the thought going through Nicholas Elbers’ head at a recent men’s retreat.

Meeting God among the Navy SEALs and cowboys

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It took me a while to figure out how to tell you about the men’s retreat, Man in the Arena, hosted by Life Restoration Ministries.

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