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Catholics are called to address issues of systemic racism as a part of the church’s social justice work, advocates said Jan. 29 at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington.

When Pope Benedict came to the United States for a visit to Washington and New York spanning six days in mid-April 2008, some news accounts called the pace of his schedule “grueling.”

To improve the lives of Pakistanis, many of whom are desperately poor, the Archdiocese of Lahore has ramped up its educational and vocational training efforts.

U2 frontman Bono, who joined the pope for the launch, said he had been a supporter of Scholas for the past four years and was “drawn to this idea of a ‘culture of encounter.'”

Tthe work of Anna Qabale Duba, 31, a Catholic mother of two and a professional nurse who won the inaugural Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award May 12.

As heated debates occur within school board meetings and state legislative hearings about the respective roles of parents and teachers in public education, the Minnesota Catholic Conference is supporting various legislative efforts to protect parental rights in education.

In a 10-page document released in late January and read in parishes, the Mexican bishops urged all people to become builders of peace.

Governments must pour more money into education and drastically reduce military spending for there to be genuine progress and peace in the world, Pope Francis said in his annual message for the World Day of Peace Jan. 1.