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This is the official logo for the "Share the Journey" campaign, a two-year program that Caritas Internationalis will launch Sept. 27. The agency, along with Pope Francis and national Catholic charities across the globe, want Catholics to meet a migrant or refugee and listen to his or her story. (CNS illustration/Caritas)

Share the Journey campaign urges Catholics to connect with migrants

Dennis Sadowski
September 26, 2017
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A prayer here, a share on social media there, a voice of support in a letter to the editor, even a get-to-know-others potluck. Supporting refugees and migrants can take many forms, and Pope Francis is hoping Catholics around the world will act over the next two years to encounter people on the move.

This poster (shown in part) is included in the materials for the U.S. bishops' 2017-18 Respect Life Program, which is distributed by the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities. "Be Not Afraid" is the theme for Respect Life Month, observed in October. Respect Life Sunday is Oct. 1. (CNS)

‘Be Not Afraid’ is theme for Respect Life Sunday and 2017-18 program

Catholic News Service
September 26, 2017
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Respect Life Month is observed every October by the church in the United States, beginning with Respect Life Sunday, which takes place this year Oct. 1. These events kick off the 2017-18 Respect Life Program.

Father Joel E. Kiefer is the newly appointed administrator of the National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Ligouri in Baltimore. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

St. Alphonsus Shrine entrusted to Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter

George P. Matysek Jr.
September 25, 2017
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“It’s a real pleasure and a real joy to be able to offer Mass in such a historic, beautiful church,” said Father Kiefer, a former Army captain who was deployed to Mogadishu in Somalia and Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.

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