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Some Catholic church leaders in Kenya are proposing church spaces as possible classrooms to replace "classrooms" for children outdoors, under trees.

Remembering the Holocaust and its victims is not only an act of solidarity but also serves as a warning to humanity that such horrors could happen again, Pope Francis said.

In what may be an all-time high, President Joe Biden has nominated nine Catholics to serve in his Cabinet.

For Stephanie Niedringhaus, it was all about the names. At some of the prayer vigils for an end of the death penalty in Virginia Jan. 22 -- held in locations across the state, including sites where lynchings took place -- the names of those killed were read aloud.

In vast regions of the Amazonian state of Pará, the presence of Black people has been historically invisible, even though it's an area that received Black migrants from the northeast.

In the midst of three days of prayer and fasting for peace and an end to the coronavirus pandemic, Iraqi Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, said Iraqis still are counting on Pope Francis to visit in March.

Renewing the membership of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, a body of scholars that engages in research for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Pope Francis added two more women experts.

Organizers of the 17th Annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco Jan. 23 expected hundreds of attendees this year, figuring concerns about COVID-19 and political unrest would keep pro-lifers away.

Indian Jesuit Father Stan Swamy marked 100 days in prison with a letter highlighting the cases of poor people languishing in jail who begin their trials without even knowing their criminal charges.

Jill King remembers her roommate 30 years ago calling her into the bathroom of their apartment. Carla Stream was sitting on a chair, wrapped in a towel."She looked up at me and said, 'I'm pregnant.'"Stream thought she would have to move out. King wanted to help.