Catholic Charities staff member, wife deployed to Texas
Assisting with family reunification By Jill Kruse-Domeyer Witness Editorial Assistant On July 31, Pablo Guevara, immigration legal assistant for Catholic
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Responding to family separation on the southern border
Photo: Children and members of faith groups gather June 21 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington to protest the Trump
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Pedaling to the peripheries: Bishop to lead team in bike ride across Iowa
By Barb Arland-Fye Catholic News Service DAVENPORT, Iowa (CNS) — Bishop Tom R. Zinkula of Davenport takes his cue from
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‘Heartbeat’ law’s future likely to be determined by courts
By Dan Russo Witness Editor DES MOINES — Iowa’s “heartbeat” law, signed by the governor May 4, is slated to
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Speaker Paul Ryan gives House chaplain his job back
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Jesuit Father Patrick Conroy, chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives who said he
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‘Pray-out’ for Parkland shooting victims is held at Wahlert
By Dan Russo Witness Editor DUBUQUE — Students and staff at Wahlert Catholic High School recently held a prayer service
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Keeping the faith in flu season: Catholics coping with harsh outbreak
By Jill Kruse Witness Editorial Assistant DUBUQUE — As influenza continues to grip the nation, churches across the country and
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‘Amazing Grace’ from Broadway to Iowa
By Dan Russo Witness Editor DUBUQUE — On Fat Tuesday this year, a Christian-themed Broadway show that tells the story
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Priest honored posthumously for heroism as chaplain at Pearl Harbor
Silver Star accepted by family at Loras College ceremony By Dan Russo Witness Editor DUBUQUE — Relatives of the first
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Chaplain Aloysius Schmitt awarded Silver Star
Mass and ceremony scheduled for Dec. 7 are open to public By Jill Kruse Witness Editorial Assistant DUBUQUE — Seventy-six
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