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Nun working in Aleppo says families all over city live in fear

October 11, 2016

LANCASTER, England – A religious sister working with Christian families in Aleppo, Syria, has criticized Western media for their allegedly biased coverage of the six-year conflict.

Catholic students join South African protests; chaplain shot in face

October 11, 2016

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – As students and police clash at South African universities, with many campuses closed because of protests against fee increases, Catholic students called on the government to increase its education budget.

UPDATED: U.S.'s Catholic Charities agencies assess damage, begin helping storm victims

October 11, 2016

WASHINGTON – Catholic Charities agencies joined emergency response efforts in coastal communities in four Southeastern states as residents and parish staffers began returning to assess the damage Hurricane Matthew left behind.

UPDATED: Aid slowly makes its way to thousands of Haitians displaced by hurricane

October 11, 2016

WASHINGTON – Emergency aid slowly began to reach some of the thousands of Haitians displaced by Hurricane Matthew in the country's picturesque southwest as reports of casualties slowly trickled in from communities cut off by the storm.

As outrage over lewd comments piles up, Trump struggles among Catholics

October 11, 2016

WASHINGTON – Hours before the Oct. 9 presidential debate began, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani invoked St. Augustine of Hippo on a Sunday morning political news show to defend the man he was supporting for president.

Advocates celebrate that climate change agreement will take effect soon

October 10, 2016

WASHINGTON – With a global agreement that addresses climate change now ready to go into effect, advocates took a moment to celebrate the milestone, but called for further actions to reduce carbon pollution.

U.S. taking closer look at death penalty in the states, at Supreme Court

October 9, 2016

WASHINGTON – The United States, with its mixed record on the death penalty, is about to take a closer look at the issue this fall with two cases before the Supreme Court and three referendums on state ballots in the November election.

Miami Archdiocese calls for prayers, prepares to help hurricane victims

October 7, 2016

MIAMI – Like the rest of South Florida, the Archdiocese of Miami was carefully watching the path of Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm that began pounding Haiti and Cuba Oct. 4 and hit Florida's Atlantic coastal area late Oct. 6.

Polish church vows to continue push for stricter abortion controls

October 7, 2016

WARSAW, Poland – Poland's Catholic Church has reiterated support for stricter pro-life controls, after parliamentarians voted down a law that would have sent aborting mothers to jail.

New York cardinal creates compensation program for sex abuse victims

October 7, 2016

NEW YORK – The Archdiocese of New York has initiated a voluntary Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program to promote healing and serve as a "tangible sign of the church's outreach and reparation" by providing compensation to victim-survivors of sexual abuse as minors by clergy of the archdiocese.