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Michael J. O’Loughlin is national correspondent at America and author of Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., right, speaks at a news conference following a GOP party conference at the Capitol, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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“Regarding access for those most in need, the AHCA includes changes which place many people at significant risk,” Bishop Frank J. Dewane wrote.
Volunteers with Catholic Charities' St. Maria's meals program in Washington, D.C. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth) 
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The president’s proposed budget calls for ending several international aid programs.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols at Westminster Cathedral, Ash Wednesday 2017
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Catholicism in England and Wales is without question a minority faith.
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“Daniel, nobody ever pays you back. I’m not that stupid,” she recalled telling him. “When you get the opportunity, do it for somebody else. Remember that, that’s all I want.”
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, talks with Pope Francis as the arrive for the concluding session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 18. At right is Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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“Creating space for a variety of pastoral responses is not decentralization. It’s a response to the realities in which people live.”
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a rally at the annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 27. (CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, Reuters)
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The selection of Mr. Pence ends months of speculation over whether one of the nation’s most prestigious Catholic universities would honor President Donald J. Trump
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP)
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U.S. Catholic bishops have issued a flurry of statements about the many executive orders signed by Mr. Trump.
A homeless man asks for money during blizzard-like conditions Feb. 9 in in Boston (CNS photo/Brian Snyder, Reuters).
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Pope Francis said Catholics should offer assistance to families settling in a new country, and, as Lent begins, he called on Catholics not to make excuses when it comes to giving to those asking for change.
Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez, who is a candidate to run the Democratic National Committee, before speaking during the general session of the DNC winter meeting in Atlanta, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
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“My folks taught us that if someone is hungry, you feed them. That if someone is thirsty, you give them drink. If someone is a stranger you welcome them into your home.”
Philip Weiss of Rosenbloom Monument Co. reset headstones at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City on Feb. 21, 2017, where almost 200 gravestones were vandalized over the weekend (photo: Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch).
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“The Catholic Church stands in love with the Jewish community in the current face of anti-Semitism.”