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A pro-life advocate holds a rosary and sign in this file photo from Nov. 3, 2019. Planned Parenthood released its new annual report for 2023-2024, their first covering a period of time after the Dobbs decision. (OSV News photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass)

Planned Parenthood report shows abortions, public funding up after Dobbs

Planned Parenthood's latest annual report shows an increase in abortions from the previous year's report, while also showing a $100 million increase in government funding amid an overall decrease in cancer screenings and prevention services.
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Accompanying others extends to immigration, says attorney

Immigration "is not political -- or it should not be political. This has nothing to do with party affiliation," according to a Catholic immigration attorney who works in El Paso, Texas.
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Salvadorans overcome massacre with faith

They greet each other like family members who haven't seen one another in a while, a big smile when one of them walks into the room. Felipe Tobar talks about his uncle, quiet and tall, a man "who loved to ...
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To meet a displaced person is to encounter Christ, pope says

The sad reality of people displaced within the borders of their own country, a crisis that has been ignored for far too long, is an opportunity for Christians to encounter Jesus, Pope Francis said.
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Pope Francis, St. John Paul ll, and Pope Benedict all smiling

Pope Benedict: St. John Paul's life marked by mercy, not moral rigidity

The continuity between St. John Paul II and Pope Francis is rooted in the message of God's divine mercy for all men and women, retired Pope Benedict XVI said in a letter commemorating his predecessor's birth.
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Vatican Workers Sanitize St. Peters Basilica

Vatican workers sanitize St. Peter's Basilica

In preparation for the May 18 resumption of public liturgies in Italy and a morning Mass with Pope Francis at the tomb of St. John Paul II, Vatican workers cleaned and sanitized the inside of St. Peter's Basilica May 15.
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Debt relief sought so poor nations can respond to COVID-19

Advocates for debt relief for the world's poorest countries are calling on international policymakers to cancel debt payments and expand debt relief for developing nations to bolster health care and protect vulnerable people and workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
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