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No end in sight to the horror’: Australian bishops respond to fires
Saying that “there is no end in sight to the horror which confronts us,” Archbishop Mark Coleridge, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, said the bishops have implemented a national response to months of wildfires.
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Standing for the Unborn, State by State: Where to Witness to Life Around Nation
On Jan. 24, tens of thousands of people will be part of this year’s annual March for Life in Washington. Tens of thousands more — adults, teens, school groups and families who cannot travel to the nation’s capital — will be marching in 30-plus companion events held on different days in states across the country, praying for the end of abortion.
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Religious, world leaders appeal for peace between Iran, U.S.
Following a U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iranian missile strike on military bases hosting American personnel, world and religious leaders called for dialogue to ease tensions between the two countries.
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Biggest earthquake in a century leaves Puerto Ricans homeless
Cars, cots and plastic chairs became temporary beds for hundreds of families who lost their homes in southwest Puerto Rico as a flurry of earthquakes struck the island, one of them the strongest in a century.
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Iraqis hope attacks by U.S., Iran will ease and tensions will decrease
Iraqis hope the violent attacks by the U.S. and Iran will ease and that moves to decrease tensions will take hold, said an Iraqi archbishop.
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U.S.C.C.B. president urges world leaders to pursue dialogue and seek peace
Hours after Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement calling for urgent prayers “that our world’s leaders will pursue dialogue and seek peace.”
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Archbishop Gomez urges prayers for peace amid Iran tensions
Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has urged Catholics to pray for peace during amid rising conflict between the United States and Iran.
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Archbishop calls for prayer, solidarity after Puerto Rico earthquakes
In the wake of a series of earthquakes that left at least one dead, multiple injured and some 300,000 without water in Puerto Rico, Archbishop Roberto Octavio Gonzalez Nieves called for prayer and solidarity among his people.
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Catholics pray for peace as Iran launches ‘tens’ of missiles at two United States air bases in Iraq
Catholics pray for peace as Iran launches ‘tens’ of missiles at two United States air bases in Iraq
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Solidarity and prayers for Puerto Rico
The president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, has issued a statement following the earthquakes in Puerto Rico and the reported aftermath of infrastructure and property damage.