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Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Iraqi archbishop reflects on Christian community five years after ISIS takeover

Five years on from the conquering of Christian communities in Iraq by the so-called Islamic State, Christians in the country remain at the “point of extinction,” Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil said this week. Read more from CNA/Angelus News

Bipartisan ‘red flag’ gun laws plan has support in Congress

A bipartisan proposal by Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is gaining momentum following weekend mass shootings in Texas and Ohio that left 31 people dead.  Read more from Matthew Daly, AP

Church is a mother to all, remains close to those who suffer

Like the apostles who brought spiritual and physical healing to those in need, Christians are called to tend to the wounds of the suffering and the downtrodden. Read more from Junno Arocho Esteves, CNS/Angelus News

K of C announces groundbreaking of St. Kateri shrine

The Knights of Columbus will lead new initiatives to support Native Americans and First Nations people in the U.S. and Canada, and to assist refugees on the U.S.-Mexico border, the organization’s leader announced Tuesday. Read more from Matt Hadro, CNA/Angelus News

Chaput: Look deeper than symptoms to solve mass violence

Gun control laws alone will not stop mass shootings effectively, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, said in a column written in response to the recent shootings in Gilroy, Calif., El Paso, and Dayton, Ohio. Read more from Christine Rousselle, CNA/Angelus News

Toni Morrison, author baptized Catholic as child, dies at age 88

"We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives," she said in 1993 when she became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Read more from Carol Zimmermann, CNS/Angelus News

Argentina pro-lifers aim to trigger a global ‘light blue wave’

August 8 marks a historic day for the pro-life movement in Argentina, as it’s the first anniversary of the country becoming only the second in the world to say “no” to abortion, the first one being El Salvador. Read more from Inés San Martín, Crux/Angelus News
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Saint Cajetan

  • St. Cajetan worked as a jurist for Pope Julius II until the pope died. He then began studying to be a priest. 
  • The Congregation of Clerks Regular, founded by St. Cajetan, lived simple lives of prayer and worked closely with the poor.
  • Cajetan was known for his charity and his concern for the poor. He founded hospitals and a bank for the poor, to lend them money without charging high interest rates.

Pomona Catholic signs education partnership

In a move that will help make high-quality, affordable college educations attainable for their students, Pomona Catholic School recently signed a Partnership for Access to College Education (PACE) agreement with the University of La Verne, CA. Read more from Angelus News

WCC overview: A conference ‘primer’

The WCC has emerged as a force in 15 Division I intercollegiate sports, and each can lay claim to an outstanding athletic tradition. Collectively, the WCC has produced 26 NCAA Division I individual or team champions. Read more from Mike Nelson, Angelus News

One cheer for George Will's "The Conservative Sensibility"

It was with great interest that I turned to Will’s latest offering, a massive volume called The Conservative Sensibility, a book that qualifies as the author’s opus magnum. Read more from Bishop Robert Barron, Word on Fire

This is the oldest audio-visual recording of a pope

The video reproduces the earliest audio-visual footage of a Bishop of Rome. Taken in 1896, the film shows Pope Leo XIII arriving at an event, although it is unclear if it is a Mass or a papal address. Read more from J.P. Mauro, Aleteia

At a winery in Slovenia, the nearby road looks like a heart. "The owner says when the road was build, the workers drunk so much that they made the road curvy and ended up as a heart shape," says Your Shot photographer A. Kadar. Read more from National Geographic
To be clear, the links here don't necessarily reflect the views of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles or the Catholic Church. They're here to help you understand what your friend, neighbor or colleague might see or think about a given topic in the news. As a people called to live and proclaim the Gospel, our obligation to evangelize means that we must be prepared for conversation wherever we go. The purpose of Always Forward is to help its readers: know and understand news related to our faith; encounter a variety of perspectives on these relevant issues (including those with which we may disagree); and foster spiritual growth. Ultimately, the goal of the newsletter is to equip us to continue the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.
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