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Venerable Sagarananda Tien and Father James Gardiner, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, walk with children from the U.S. Zen Institute summer camp July 12 to the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington. The Buddhist children spent the afternoon learning about Christianity, St. Francis and the Franciscans as way to understand other traditions and cultures, said Tien. (CNS photo/Rhina Guidos)

Holy Land Franciscans build interreligious bridges with Buddhist camp

Rhina Guidos
July 24, 2017
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The group of more than 30 Buddhist children, ages 7 to 18, from the U.S. Zen Institute summer camp in Germantown, Maryland, visited the Franciscan Monastery July 12 to learn about Christianity, St. Francis and his followers.

Dr. Anne Nolte, right, a family physician with the National Gianna Center for Women's Health and Fertility in New York, is pictured with a patient in 2009. The center provides gynecological care, prenatal care, infertility services and natural family planning education. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Advocates urge more awareness about natural family planning options

Anna Capizzi Galvez
July 21, 2017
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There are plenty of myths that surround natural family planning, but advocates say the Catholic Church can help dispel those myths and raise an awareness of which fertility-awareness options exist for married couples that embrace church teaching.

The likeness of St. Peter Claver is seen in stained glass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria, Ill. Canonized in 1888, St. Peter Claver is now considered the patron saint of human rights in Colombia. (CNS photo/The Crosiers)

Pope’s visit to Cartagena to highlight inequality in Latin America

Barbara J. Fraser
July 20, 2017
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When Pope Francis visits Colombia in September, he will take his message of mercy and reconciliation to Cartagena, a city that still bears scars of its painful history as a slave port. And he will walk the streets where another Jesuit, St. Peter Claver, put that message into practice four centuries ago.

Health care activists protest the Republican health care bill at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington July 17. The bill collapsed in the Senate later that day after two more GOP senators said they couldn't support it. (CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, Reuters)

Health care prescription? Regroup, cooperate, Catholic health leaders say

Carol Zimmermann
July 20, 2017
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After efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act collapsed late July 17 in the U.S. Senate, Catholic health care leaders said they hope Congress will work together, in small steps, to fix flaws in the current legislation.

Charlie Gard, who was born in England with mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, is pictured in this undated family photo. The baby's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, have lost their legal battle to keep Charlie on life-support and seek treatment for his rare condition in the United States. (CNS photo/family handout, courtesy Featureworld)

Who speaks for Charlie Gard?

Richard Doerflinger
July 20, 2017
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We are morally obliged to accept treatment that offers benefit without entailing greater burdens. Catholic tradition does not teach a “vitalism” insisting that everything possible must always be done to prolong life.

Speeding through life

Rita Buettner
July 19, 2017
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It was a long summer evening, and I had a few errands to run. Both our boys wanted to come along with me, and I always enjoy having company. As we were walking between stores, the boys saw a long open stretch of sidewalk ahead of us, and they took off running. “Wait for me!” […]

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