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Catholic groups laud end of health measure affecting migrants

Catholic groups welcomed an announcement by the Biden administration confirming the May 23 end of a public health measure put in place at the start of the coronavirus pandemic that has kept asylum-seekers out.

Pope apologizes for treatment of Indigenous in Canada, promises to visit

Expressing "sorrow and shame" for the complicity of Catholics in abusing Indigenous children in Canada and helping in the attempt to erase their culture, Pope Francis pledged to address the issue more fully when he visits Canada.

Mercy, love dispel hypocritical religiosity, pope says in Malta

Christians who truly imitate Jesus are more inclined to forgive and be merciful than those who, under the pretense of holiness, point fingers and condemn others, Pope Francis said.

Determined to help his family, music director at Minneapolis parish crosses into Ukraine

Learning that his mother’s health had deteriorated in his native Ukraine, Yuri Ivan, music director at St. Constantine Ukrainian Catholic Church in Minneapolis, caught “the first plane” he could March 18 as he sought to cross the border into the country Russia had invaded only weeks before.

After shootings, Sacramento bishop says good neighbors can restore peace

Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento, California, asked people to "invest" in being good neighbors and help restore peace after six people were fatally wounded in the worst mass shooting in California's sixth largest city, which also left at least 12 people injured April 3.

English police to allow priests to give last rites at crime scenes

Police in England have produced national guidelines to allow priests to give last rites to Catholics dying at crime scenes.

Videos prove war in Ukraine is battle against evil, archbishop says

Videos of dead Ukrainian civilians, many apparently executed by Russian troops, are further evidence that "the struggle of Ukraine is a spiritual struggle against evil, against the devil and his servants," said Ukrainian Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych.

Cardinal Turkson to head pontifical academies of sciences, social sciences

Pope Francis has named Cardinal Peter Turkson the new chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, two groups of top-level scholars and experts who promote studies on issues of concern to the Vatican.
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