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Cardinal DiNardo urges prayers, support for Hurricane Dorian victims

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, urges prayers and support for the victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas as the storm moves towards the coastline of the southeastern United States.

• Cardinal Sarah: To oppose the pope is to be outside the church

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published October 9, 2019

  Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, said the people who portray him as an opponent of Pope Francis are being used by the devil to help divide the church.

• Once imprisoned, Chinese woman now guides others to the Catholic faith

  

  By CATHERINE SHEEHAN, Catholic News Service
  Published July 30, 2019

  A woman who spent 20 years imprisoned in China for being a faithful Catholic has helped hundreds of Chinese migrants convert to the faith in Australia.

• In recalling soldiers’ D-Day sacrifice, archbishop prays for world peace

  

  By ELIZABETH BACHMANN, Catholic News Service
  Published June 5, 2019

  In remembering the troops who died storming the beaches of Normandy, France, 75 years ago on D-Day, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services said “Jesus Christ reminds us there is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”