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- Jul 26, 2021
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Pope prays for victims, condemns violence in Mexican border city
- Jun 28, 2021
Pope Francis prayed for the victims of violence in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, where seemingly random attacks on innocent individuals claimed 19 lives.
Priest sees lack of health, wholeness as cause of strife in nation, church
- Jun 20, 2021
Division in the nation and in the church is not about hate or immorality, but about a lack of health and wholeness, said a priest who has ministered among Los Angeles gang members for over 30 years.
Catholic leaders condemn deadly raid in Rio de Janeiro
- May 11, 2021
Catholic activists in Brazil are demanding an independent investigation into the most lethal police operation in the history of Rio de Janeiro, which resulted in the deaths of 28 people.
Philadelphia priests look for ways to stop city’s gun violence
- Apr 28, 2021
Philadelphia’s soaring rates of homicide and gun violence have deep-rooted causes that can only be solved with a combination of spirituality and concrete action, said several Philadelphia priests.
Papal ambassador tells besieged Mexican town: The church is with you
- Apr 27, 2021
Archbishop Franco Coppola, papal ambassador to Mexico, recently traveled to a town besieged by warring drug cartels to reiterate the church’s commitment to serving populations suffering violence.
Irish bishop offers to mediate among gangs: ‘Something has to be done’
- Jan 21, 2020
An Irish bishop has offered to mediate between feuding criminal gangs in Drogheda in an effort to end violence that has claimed three lives in six months.
Gang graffiti tags church, school in Brooklyn Diocese
- Jan 15, 2020
Gang graffiti ascribed to the notorious MS-13 gang was spotted on both Sacred Heart of Jesus Church and the parish school in the New York City borough of Queens, which is in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Mexican priest who runs shelter extorted, later attacked in rectory
- Oct 29, 2019
A Mexican priest and migrant shelter operator suffered an extortion attempt and, later the same day, a violent robbery at his parish residence.
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