Read more about the article Live the Gospel of Life’ is theme for Respect Life Month this October
A car drives past a pro-life billboard in the Staten Island borough of New York Sept. 14, 2020. The U.S. Catholic Church observes October as Respect Life Month. Respect Life Sunday falls on Oct. 4. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Live the Gospel of Life’ is theme for Respect Life Month this October

Respect Life Month is time ‘to care for, protect and defend lives of our brothers and sisters’

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Read more about the article Pope to U.N.: Respect for each human life is essential for peace, equality
Pope Francis delivers a prerecorded address to the 75th session of the U.N. General Assembly; the recording from the Vatican's Apostolic Palace was aired Sept. 25, 2020. (CNS screenshot/Chaz Muth)

Pope to U.N.: Respect for each human life is essential for peace, equality

Pope calls on countries to fulfill the ideals the UN was founded on 75 years ago

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Read more about the article Holy Rosary named Blue Ribbon School for second time
Holy Rosary Academy was named a 2020 Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. It was the second time Holy Rosary has won the recognition - the first time was in 2013 - the only private school in Nashville to win it twice. Holy Rosary Principal Kimber Halliburton congratulates the school's faculty in helping it become a Blue Ribbon School.

Holy Rosary named Blue Ribbon School for second time

The award is based on high student achievement

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Read more about the article Louisville archbishop says all must now work together for racial justice
In this 2018 file photo, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., speaks during a meeting at the headquarters of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Louisville archbishop says all must now work together for racial justice

Grand jury indicts one of three police officers involved in the shooting but not for the death of Taylor

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Read more about the article Iraqi archbishop who saved ancient manuscripts nominated for EU prize
Chaldean Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa of Mosul was among the nominees for the EU Parliament's Sakharov Prize. He is pictured in a file photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Chaldean Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa)

Iraqi archbishop who saved ancient manuscripts nominated for EU prize

Archbishop spared 800 historic manuscripts from destruction by ISIS

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Read more about the article Sister Norma Pimentel is one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2020
Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and a longtime advocate for immigrants and refugees, speaks to delegates Sept. 21, 2018, during the Fifth National Encuentro, or V Encuentro, in Grapevine, Texas. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Sister Norma Pimentel is one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2020

Religious sister is recognized for ‘restoring human dignity to those in need.’

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Read more about the article U.S. bishops say ‘enough’ on federal executions
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, Kan., are seen in this composite photo. (CNS composite/ photos by Bob Roller)

U.S. bishops say ‘enough’ on federal executions

Bishops follow lead of Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI in believing death penalty is ‘completely unnecessary and unacceptable’

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