WASHINGTON (CNS) — The United Nations’ decision July 31 to send a peacekeeping force to the Darfur region of Sudan drew cheers from Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based confederation of Catholic relief, development and social service organizations.
The U.N. resolution, which authorized up to 26,000 peacekeepers in the long-troubled region, was hailed as a ” welcome breakthrough” [...]
By Jacob Buckenmeyer
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Upon hearing of the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, priests from the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis traveled to the scene, as well as to nearby hospitals and medical centers, to see how they could help victims of the tragedy and their [...]
No diocesan-wide events this weekend
This Weekend’s Readings
Friday
Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37
Psalm 81:3-6, 10-11
Matthew 13:54-58
Saturday
Leviticus 25:1, 8-17
Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 7-8
Matthew 14:1-12
Sunday
Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23
Psalm 90:3-6, 12-14, 17
Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11
Luke 12:13-21
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St. Paul-Minneapolis Catholic community responds to bridge collapse
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Upon hearing of the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi [...]
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