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Pope: Building walls to exclude immigrants not Christian

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MEXICO — As the plane carrying him back to Rome from Mexico was flying over Texas, Pope Francis insisted building walls to keep immigrants out of one’s country is un-Christian.

Scalia, longest-serving justice on Supreme Court, dies Feb. 13

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died of apparent natural causes Feb. 13 while in Texas on a hunting trip, once said in an interview that while he took his Catholic faith seriously, he never allowed it to influence his work on the high court.

Sports briefs

Kieran Taylor of Catholic High School and Alex Ritchie of Mount St. Mary Academy struck gold at the 5A-7A state indoor meet contested Feb. 6 in …

What do you want to be when you grow up?

“When I grow up, I want to be a nurse in the NICU (neonatal intensive-care unit). I want to help children that maybe don’t have …” (Youthspeak, Seeds of Faith)

For mysteries of faith, you have to accept, believe

I am an inquisitive person. Something inside of me likes discovering the unknown. When I was a child, my best toys were dismantled because of this need to understand how things operate. The downside to this curiosity was … (Columns)

Please listen to this papal plea

A world without the death penalty. Is that even possible? A better question is “Why should the world be free of capital punishment?” (Editorial)

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