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Demonstrators march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City Sept. 20, 2024, to call for an end to the era of fossil fuels (OSV News photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)

Catholic climate policy advocates express concern about Trump proposals

President-elect Donald Trump Jan. 7 reiterated his call for some companies that make investments in the U.S. economy to bypass some environmental regulations. 
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A student completes a math assessment on her computer in her Broward County, Fla., home May 29, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (OSV News photo/Maria Alejandra Cardona, Reuters)

Educators: Special needs, disabilities on the rise, thanks to screen time, pandemic

Two key educators associated with Head Start of Miami-Dade County in Southern Florida and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami worry about an uptick in youngsters with specific developmental disabilities and special needs.
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Phil Donahue, host of the self-titled "The Phil Donahue Show," is pictured in a Jan. 7, 2012, photo. Donahue, a Catholic with a conflicted relationship with the church, died at age 88 on Aug. 18, 2024. (OSV News photo/Danny Moloshok, Reuters)

Phil Donahue and the Catholic Church

Broadcaster and TV personality Phil Donahue, who died Aug. 18 at age 88, was once busted by Catholic News Service.
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Worshippers recitE the Lord's Prayer during a Mass celebrated in honor of the 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in San Diego Dec. 9, 2023.

US bishops’ diocesan survey sets new baseline for Hispanic ministry in parishes nationwide

The U.S. bishops' Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs conducted a survey of dioceses and archdioceses in the country's 14 episcopal regions and released its results Aug. 21.
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Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic rings the Olympic bell.

Olympic bell will ring inside newly rebuilt Notre Dame Cathedral during every Mass

During the Paris Olympic Games, track and field champions rang the bronze bell located close to the finish line at Saint-Denis' Stade de France. In December, that same bell will ring in the newly reopened Notre Dame Cathedral during the ...
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Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. walk into a temporary humanitarian respite center run by Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley.

New study on Catholic attitudes on migrants, immigration and refugees

The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), affiliated with Georgetown University, last month published a study on Catholic attitudes toward immigration, migrants, and refugees.
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President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff greet each other on stage during Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Aug. 19, 2024.

Biden passes torch to Harris on the Democratic National Convention’s opening night

President Joe Biden both sought to cement his own legacy and pass the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's standard-bearer during his address at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention.
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