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Church leaders offer prayers, Mexicans pitch in after earthquake

Mexican church leaders offered prayers and urged generosity after an earthquake struck the national capital and its environs, claiming more than 240 lives -- including at least 20 children trapped in a collapsed school.

Pope prays for victims of Mexico quake

As search and rescue operations continued in central Mexico, where more than 200 people died after a strong earthquake Sept. 19, Pope Francis offered his prayers for the victims.

Catholic college leaders reach out to DACA students in uncertain times

Catholic college leaders who have protested the Trump administration's plan to do away with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, also have heightened their resolve to do more for DACA students and have expressed cautious belief that federal legislation to give these students more permanent help could be at hand.

Bishops called to be humble shepherds, not lonely masters, pope says

A bishop cannot truly discern God's will by lording over his flock; rather he must listen to and participate in the lives of those entrusted to his care, Pope Francis told some 120 new bishops.

Pope says he hopes Trump reconsiders DACA decision

Politicians who call themselves pro-life must be pro-family and not enact policies that divide families and rob young people of a future, Pope Francis said.

In TV interview, Steve Bannon slams church, bishops over immigration

Holy Name Cathedral: then and now

As the mother church of the archdiocese, Holy Name Cathedral, at State and Superior streets, is the site of numerous major events in the life of the local church. Take a look back at some of the regular events, then and now.

‘Church Clips’ returns for anniversary issue

For many years, a favorite feature in our pages was “Church Clips” by Dolores Madlener, which offered a regular dose of “benevolent gossip.”

Special issue for 9/11

When four commercial airliners were used as the instruments of terror on Sept. 11, 2001, the Catholic New World was just getting ready to go to the printer with its Sept. 16-29 issue.

King’s assassination took center stage in 1968

Nearly 50 years ago, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “weighed upon the conscience of the world.” That was the headline on the cover of the April 12, 1968, issue of The New World.
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