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Mourners take part in a vigil near the border fence between Mexico and the U.S. after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 3, 2019. The Catholic dioceses of El Paso, and neighboring Las Cruces, New Mexico, have joined in prayer after the shooting left several dead and many injured. (CNS /Carlos Sanchez, Reuters)

Pope Francis joins prayers for victims of bloody weekend in U.S.

Rhina Guidos
August 4, 2019
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Pope Francis joined Catholic Church leaders expressing sorrow after back-to-back mass shootings in the United States left at least 29 dead and dozens injured in Texas and Ohio Aug. 3 and 4.

Bishop Marc Stenger of Troyes, France was elected co-president of Pax Christi International along with Loreto Sister Teresia Wamuyu Wachira of Nairobi, Kenya during the organization's annual general meeting June 26-27 in Brussels. (CNS photo/Christi International)

New Pax Christi leaders believe nonviolence education can change world

Dennis Sadowski
August 4, 2019
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Pax Christi International has two new co-presidents and while they hail from different continents, they share the view that rampant violence is posing ever-growing danger to the world.

Shoppers exit with their hands up after a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 3, 2019. In Aug 3 tweets, the Catholic dioceses of El Paso, Texas and neighboring Las Cruces, New Mexico asked for prayers for everyone involved at this difficult time. (CNS photo/Jorge Salgado, Reuters)

Texas, New Mexico dioceses unite in prayer after El Paso shooting

Rhina Guidos
August 4, 2019
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The Catholic dioceses of El Paso, Texas, and neighboring Las Cruces, New Mexico, have joined in prayer after an August 3 mass shooting in a mall left several dead and many injured.

Joan Monti and Abbey Forbes hold the trophy July 22, 2019, that Forbes won at Wimbledon. The two women sat down with NC Catholics magazine of the Diocese of Raleigh, N.C., to discuss faith, friendship and Forbes' Wimbledon championship. Monti was Forbes' sponsor when she was confirmed and became a full member of the Catholic Church April 20 at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Raleigh. (CNS photo/Kate Turgeon Watson, Diocese of Raleigh)

Wimbledon champ carried gift from confirmation sponsor to each match

Catholic News Service
August 3, 2019
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Abbey Forbes, the 18-year-old winner of the junior girls doubles championship at Wimbledon, has kept an inspirational book in her tennis bag at recent competitions and for all seven Wimbledon matches.

Police in Bialystok, Poland, detain far-right protesters who tried to block the city's first "Equality Parade" rally in support of the LGBTQ community July 20, 2019. Archbishop Stanislaw Godecki of Poznan, president of the Polish bishops' conference, condemned attacks on clergy and places of worship in the traditionally Catholic country as the church countered media accusations of inciting violence against LGBTQ groups. (CNS photo/Agnieszka Sadowska, Agencja Gazeta via Reuters)

Polish church leader condemns ‘worsening attacks’ on clergy, churches

Jonathan Luxmoore
August 2, 2019
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The president of the Polish bishops’ conference condemned attacks on clergy and places of worship in the traditionally Catholic country as the church countered media accusations of inciting violence against LGBTQ groups.

Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, shown celebrating Mass July 22 at Historic St. Francis Xavier in Baltimore for the Joint Conference of several Black Catholic organizations, said that President Donald Trump’s comments about Baltimore have “diminished our national life.” (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Archbishop Gregory: Offensive speech, actions a ‘growing plague’ that ‘must end’

Catholic News Service
August 1, 2019
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The archbishop of Washington said recent public comments by President Trump and others about Baltimore and the responses those remarks have generated “have deepened divisions and diminished our national life.”

A man holds a rosary during a Life Chain event in front of Immaculate Conception Church in Goose Creek, S.C., Oct. 7, 2018. The number of abortions occurring annually in South Carolina continues to fall, a trend welcomed by advocates who credit pro-life legislation and increased public awareness for the decline. (CNS photo/Deirdre C. Mays, Catholic Miscellany)

Abortion rate falling in South Carolina; pro-life advocates welcome trend

Catholic News Service
August 1, 2019
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The number of abortions occurring annually in South Carolina continues to fall, a trend welcomed by advocates who credit pro-life legislation and increased public awareness for the decline.

A statue of Mary is seen amid flames through a window in the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia, Texas, July, 29, 2019. The nearly 125-year old wooden church with bell towers on each side, burned to the ground that morning. Since 1883 the parish has served the Catholic community of southwestern Falls County, many of whom are descendents of immigrants from the northwest German region of Westphalia. (CNS photo/courtesy Nathan Wilde)

Fire destroys ‘treasured’ historic Catholic church in Texas

Catholic News Service
July 31, 2019
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The Church of the Visitation in Westphalia, a nearly 125-year-old wooden church with bell towers on each side, burned to the ground July 29.

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