Joanne McPortland
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- Sep 26, 2026
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“Here I am, Lord!” 80,000 young people shout with the Pope (opens the original)
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Young people from all over France began filling the country's largest soccer stadium early in the day. They chatted excitedly, sang, chanted, and waved banners. At 9 p.m. on Friday, when they caught glimpses of the one they had come to see circling the field in a car surrounded by tight security, the roar of 80,000 voices filled the air. There were bands on the program, certainly. And some of the country's best known singers were there, too. But the "sold-out" crowd at the Stade de France near P
Bishops: Ask senators to extend TPS for Haitian refugees (opens the original)
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As Congress returns to full sessions today, Catholic bishops are urging the Senate to approve a House bill extending temporary protected status (TPS) to some 350,000 Haitian refugees now living in the US, as well as to others holding TPS. This is part of an overall action alert issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB in support of immigration reform. Bishops urge Americans to send a message to Congress asking for passage of the DREAM Act, which will enact meaningful, com
Death toll climbs in powerful Colombia earthquake (opens the original)
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The death toll in the 7.4-magnitude earthquake has has passed 130, with hundreds injured. Monday's quake also damaged the tallest cathedral in Latin America. A deadly earthquake struck western Colombia on the morning of August 10. With a magnitude of 7.4, it was the strongest quake felt in the country in 20 years, and it struck just weeks after two similarly powerful but unrelated quakes devastated neighboring Venezuela. The temblor occurred at one of the areas of greatest tectonic stress in Lat
San Antonio Archbishop calls for solidarity with immigrants (opens the original)
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"The Church cannot be silent," writes San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, MSpS, of the cross that immigrants bear, as he recalls a lesson from his childhood. On August 3, 2026, the 100th anniversary of San Antonio's elevation to a metropolitan archdiocese, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, MSpS, issued a pastoral letter titled We Will Come to You: United in Solidarity with Our Brothers and Sisters in Migration. With a deeply personal tone, the letter -- addressed "to the more than 1 mi
Sisters win temporary stay in NY assisted suicide lawsuit (opens the original)
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On July 30, a federal court ordered NY State not to enforce its assisted suicide mandate against Catholic sisters until their lawsuit is heard. As we reported today, the Diocese of Rockville Centre and four orders of sisters engaged in healthcare faced an order to cooperate with New York State's assisted suicide law, scheduled to go into effect on August 5. Against their Catholic beliefs and their long history of providing compassionate care for the elderly poor and the dying, the communities --
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