The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 07:20:34 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb United Nations condemns treatment of homeless people in San Francisco /home/international/item/28375-united-nations-condemns-treatment-of-homeless-people-in-san-francisco /home/international/item/28375-united-nations-condemns-treatment-of-homeless-people-in-san-francisco SAN FRANCISCO – As San Francisco prepares to consider a ballot measure to boost taxes for services to aid the homeless, a U.N. investigator has classed the treatment of the homeless in San Francisco and the Bay Area as a human rights violation.
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Liz Lambert will be taking on the greatest physical challenge of her life Sept. 29 when she takes the plunge to swim two-kilometres of the frigid San Francisco Bay from the famous Alcatraz Island to the mainland.

]]> mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:14:55 -0400 Cross-country pro-life trek is 'life changing,' says Crossroads walker /home/international/item/20746-cross-country-pro-life-trek-is-life-changing-says-crossroads-walker /home/international/item/20746-cross-country-pro-life-trek-is-life-changing-says-crossroads-walker

WASHINGTON - Liz Moran said the experience of trekking across the United States this summer to spread the Catholic Church's pro-life message was "life changing."

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The San Francisco priest who sparked controversy earlier this year by barring altar girls has been replaced as chaplain of the churchƵapp Catholic grade school.

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Religion News Service - The U.S. Catholic bishops’ point man on opposing same-sex marriage defended his decision to take part in today's March for Marriage in Washington, saying support for traditional man-woman marriage is not “anti-LGBT … anti-anyone or anti-anything.”

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