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Cardinal tells Catholic voters to pray and reflect before US election

Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, DC, says he hopes voters who are as concerned as he is about the “anger and vitriol” of the United States election cycle will take time away from the media to think and pray about the values important to them as Catholics. Source: CNS.

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Catholic Charities USA launches Hurricane Milton relief fund

As Hurricane Milton took aim at Florida just days after Hurricane Helene, Catholic Charities USA launched a dedicated disaster relief donation campaign. Source: NCR Online.

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Catholics in US urged to campaign against death penalty

Opponents of the death penalty voiced dismay after five men were executed in the United States in the space of one week, including Marcellus Williams, whose prosecutors had raised doubts about the safety of his conviction. Source: The Tablet.

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Nuns on the Bus back on the road for US election

After a six-year hiatus, a group of women religious are taking their Nuns on the Bus election education campaign to the streets of America ahead of the US presidential election in November. Source: Global Sisters Report.

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Texas bishop urges Catholics to shun community of Carmelite nuns

A Texas bishop is urging Catholics in his diocese not to participate in sacraments with, or financially support, a community of Discalced Carmelite nuns who recently announced a formal association with the Society of St Pius X. Source: OSV News.

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Texas church offers ongoing community support after 2022 mass shooting

A Catholic church in Uvalde, Texas, has opened a new, onsite counselling facility to provide ongoing community healing and support following the 2022 mass shooting at a primary school. Source: OSV News.

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Pope tells US voters to choose ‘the lesser evil’

American voters must choose “the lesser evil” in the US presidential election, Pope Francis said during an in-flight press conference Friday on his return from his nearly two-week tour of Southeast Asia. Source: CNA.

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South Carolina to resume executions after 13-year pause

The South Carolina Department of Corrections could potentially execute one death row inmate every 35 days as the state resumes executions on September 20 after a 13-year pause in carrying out the death penalty. Source: National Catholic Register.

Gun Violence United States

Four killed in US high school shooting

Two students and two teachers were killed at a Georgia high school on Wednesday in a mass shooting authorities say was committed by a 14-year-old male student at the school. Source: The Guardian.