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Bernie Sanders says invite to Vatican not an endorsement

April 16, 2016

VATICAN CITY – U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said attending a Vatican conference on Catholic social teaching did not represent a political endorsement of his run for higher office.

Alabama's coach, wife devoted members of Catholic parish on campus

April 16, 2016

WASHINGTON (CNS) – The University of Alabama's national championship-winning football coach Nick Saban and his wife, Terry, have teamed up to be advocates and donors to support two major construction projects at the Catholic church on campus where they worship.

Nigerian bishops urge government to hasten effort to free abductees

April 15, 2016

LAGOS, Nigeria (CNS) – Two Nigerian bishops called on the government to hasten its efforts to free 219 school girls who were abducted by insurgents two years ago.

Pope Francis meets with Bolivian president

April 15, 2016

VATICAN CITY – Meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Bolivian President Evo Morales discussed social policy and the economic situation facing his country.

Austrian Church leaders criticize government for new barriers at border

April 15, 2016

WARSAW, Poland – Austrian Church leaders criticized their government for rebuilding border controls in a bid to keep out refugees.

D&P receives $5.95 million in matching funds for Syrian refugees

April 14, 2016

OTTAWA – The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace has received $5.95 million in additional funding from the federal government’s Syria Emergency Relief Fund.

Trip to Greece is humanitarian, not political, Vatican spokesman says

April 14, 2016

VATICAN CITY – In a "humanitarian and ecumenical gesture," not a political one, Pope Francis is to join Orthodox leaders in personally meeting with hundreds of refugees and migrants stranded in Greece, the Vatican spokesman said.

Vatican reiterates Polish archbishop should shun public Church events

April 14, 2016

WARSAW, Poland– A Polish archbishop who resigned after sexually molesting Catholic seminarians has been warned by the Vatican to stay away from commemorations of Poland's Christian conversion and an upcoming visit by the Pope.

Together on the margins: Lesbos trip to be ecumenical sign of service

April 14, 2016

VATICAN CITY – Before St. John Paul II arrived in Greece in 2001 there were protests by Orthodox faithful and an all-night prayer vigil by Orthodox monks on Mount Athos, praying that the pope would not come.

Religious groups say 'yes' to U.S. Supreme Court's idea on contraceptive coverage

April 13, 2016

WASHINGTON – The American religious nonprofits challenging their participation in the contraceptive mandate under the Affordable Care Act agreed with a U.S. Supreme Court proposal that such coverage be provided through an alternative health care plan without involving the religious employers in a legal brief filed with the court.