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Continuing to talk about the “grave danger” humanity is facing because of the war in Ukraine and Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons, Pope Francis urged a group of young people from Belgium to be peacemakers.

The pastoral acknowledged how tenuous peace was with nuclear weapons ready to be fired.

Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of the U.S. bishops’ landmark pastoral letter “The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response.”

There is “no question” the actions of the Parkland, Florida, school shooter “were heinous,” but “a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole is a severe and just punishment,” said Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski.

“Walking Together: Twin Cities” events invited prayer and pilgrimage for healing from lasting harms suffered by Native Americans attending boarding schools, and their families, decades ago.

In an Oct. 12 statement, Christian Vision said the government decision to close the church “constitutes pressure on the religious community, gross interference in the life of religious organizations and an act of intimidation of all communities and religious organizations.”

“Marian Blue Wave participants commit to pray a weekly rosary with the specific intentions of ending all types of abortions — including surgical, pill, contraceptive and in vitro fertilization — and shutting down every Planned Parenthood facility in America,” said a news release from the organization.

Ghana’s 2010 census puts the Catholic population at 13.1%, a drop of 2% from the 2000 census.