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Published: July 26, 2017

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New path opened to sainthood

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has approved a fourth pathway to possible sainthood -- giving one’s life in a heroic act of loving service to others.

Christian witnesses

St. John School’s Mercy Christian Witness Award was recently awarded to Maria Roblero-Vasquez and Christian Smith of Hot Springs. (Photo)

Join Black Lives Matter, bishops told

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A standing-room-only crowd of young black Catholics in a frank session that lasted more than two hours told bishops, priests, and women and men religious why they stay in the Church, what threatens to drive them away and that they want a stronger voice from Church officials for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Sisters welcome pipeline opponents to cornfield ‘chapel’

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

USCCB leaders: Holy sites attack is ‘a desecration’

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The president of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference and two committee chairmen condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the fatal shooting of two Israeli police officers July 14 in Jerusalem’s Old City near some of the world’s holiest sites.

Kidnapped Salesian is alive, Yemen’s foreign minister says

NEW DELHI (CNS) -- Yemen’s foreign minister told Indian officials that Salesian Father Thomas Uzhunnalil, kidnapped in Yemen last year, is still alive, and efforts to trace him continue.

Church’s history of survival in Iraq will help its future, cardinal says

VATICAN CITY -- To understand the current situation in Iraq -- the evolving and complex conflicts there, and the fear and resilience of its Christians -- one has to understand its past, which is often ignored or unknown in the West, said a former papal representative to the country.

Journal: Strip fundamentalism from politics

VATICAN CITY -- U.S. politics have become increasingly colored by an apocalyptic world view, promoted by certain fundamentalist Christians, that fosters hatred, fear and intolerance, said an influential Jesuit magazine.

Love of Christ expressed through mercy is a key to evangelization

The July 4th weekend marked a unique gathering in Orlando, Fla. More than 3,600 Catholics, including more than 150 bishops, engaged in a conversation called the Convocation of Catholic Leaders. Teams from most dioceses across the country came together in an effort to move forward with the “missionary transformation” that Pope Francis envisioned in “Evangelii Gaudium.” (Understanding our Church, Seeds of Faith)

What would you ask Jesus, face to face?

“If I could ask Jesus one question, I would ask him how I got so lucky. Since birth, I have had ...” (Youthspeak, Seeds of Faith)

Keep chastity talk in positive tone about ‘real love’

If your daughter has a subscription to Teen Vogue, I would strongly urge you to cancel it. Immediately. (Columns)

50,000 refugees a year is cruelly inadequate

The final version of President Trump’s travel ban will not be determined until the U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes this fall. Until then it allowed a portion of the ban to go forward. (Editorial)