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LOUISIANA FLOOD SHELTER

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Bishop Robert W. Muench of Baton Rouge, La., visits an evacuation shelter Aug. 14. Thousands of people in the Diocese of Baton Rouge have been displaced because of extreme flooding. (CNS photo/courtesy Father Paul Yi) See story to come.

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WASHINGTON LETTER IMMIGRATION

Even as immigration reform stalls, Catholics champion welcoming message

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- On the Aug. 6 feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington addressed

WOMEN POPE ANGELUS

Pope prays for exploited women, Mary's intercession on feast of Assumption

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Celebrating the feast of the Assumption just three days after visiting a group of young women rescued

BALTIMORE POLICE

Archbishop calls Baltimore police report 'sobering and distressing'

BALTIMORE (CNS) -- The same day a federal Department of Justice report cataloging systemic abuses by Baltimore's police was issued, Archbishop William

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Jubilee Year of Mercy

POPE MERCY WOMEN

On 'Mercy Friday,' pope visits women rescued from prostitution

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Continuing his Year of Mercy practice of going one Friday a month to visit people facing special

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