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French Bishop Marc Stenger and Kenyan Sr. Teresia Wamuyu Wachira have been elected to the shared leadership of the global Catholic peace organization Pax Christi International. Read more about who they are in this report from our Vatican correspondent Joshua J. McElwee.
To the Guardian Angel sisters who run it, the Albergue Hermanos en el Camino migrant shelter is more than a center for resources or a bed for the night. It's an opportunity to prevent trafficking and identify those who may have experienced it. And though, with the threat of gangs, the sisters' lives can "truly be in danger ... we will share our space, and we will live out our mission." Read more about this ministry on the Mexico-Guatemala border.
Finally, three opinions about mass shootings and why the conversation is different now:
- What other countries have done: America is addicted to guns, and we're in denial
- What the bishops should do: Editorial: American carnage, revisited
- After weekend of mass killings, we have to decide what we are called to do
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