Pope moves the ball on oft-boring work of Vatican reform
- September 21, 2016
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Pope greets survivors, relatives of victims of Nice terror attack
- Inés San Martín
- September 24, 2016
Pope Francis meets close to 1,000 survivors of the July terrorist attack in Nice, France, greeting them all one by one, telling them, “The only way to respond to the attacks of the devil are the works of God, which are forgiveness, love and respect for one’s neighbor.”
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Backer of Church ban says contraception hurts women most
- Kathryn Jean Lopez
- Commentary
Mary Rice Hasson, who heads the Catholic Women’s Forum, was part of a group that recently issued a statement affirming Church teaching on sexuality and artificial contraception, and she argues that the negative fallout of birth control affects women most, especially the poor and women of color.
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Pope Francis, MD, uses medical metaphors to provoke and explain
- Cindy Wooden
- September 24, 2016
Pope Francis knows how to use metaphors to make his points, and in the fall of 2016, he seems to be especially fond of images drawn from the field of medicine, beginning with his famous description of the Catholic Church as the “field hospital” for a wounded humanity.
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Pastor in Holy Land wants Christian lobby like Israel's
- Rhina Guidos
- September 24, 2016
Shortly after the U.S. announced a $38 billion military aid package for Israel, a Lutheran pastor from the Holy Land was in Washington, D.C. to argue that Western Christians should form a “lobby” to advocate for the interests of their fellow believers in the Middle East.
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Miraculous cures attributed to rocks from Toronto bishop's crypt
- Catholic News Service
- September 24, 2016
Bits of broken brick and limestone from the basement of St. Michael’s Cathedral, all taken from near the final resting place of Toronto’s founding Catholic bishop, have made their way into the hands of at least 18 seriously ill people across Canada, some of whom are now claiming miraculous cures.
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Church in Guam fears closed parishes, schools due to abuse suits
- Associated Press
- September 24, 2016
After abuse allegations surfaced against the island’s archbishop, Guam’s governor has signed a measure lifting the statute of limitations for abuse-related lawsuits — a move that Catholic officials in Guam warn could bankrupt the Church, forcing the closure of parishes and schools.
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Struggling with Catholics, Trump taps conservative Catholic advisers
- Catholic News Agency
- September 23, 2016
As Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continues to struggle with Catholic voters, his campaign has released a list of 33 prominent conservative Catholic advisers, including at least one who signed an earlier letter warning Catholics against Trump.
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What one Charlotte priest is telling his flock after police shooting
- Kevin J. Jones
- September 23, 2016
A Charlotte priest whose parish is just 500 yards away from the scene of a recent police shooting says, “If there were a Christian way forward, it would simply be one of drawing closer together and listening and relating, with a sense of vulnerability.”
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Pope’s potential masterstroke takes charge in the Holy Land
- September 22, 2016
As a non-Arab and a perceived friend of both Israel and Judaism, Italian Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa may seem a counter-intuitive choice by Pope Francis as the new Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. That, however, may just be the genius of it.
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As debate rages over Medjugorje, maybe a place of prayer is enough
- September 22, 2016
Although debate continues to rage over the alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje between hard-core devotees and skeptical theologians and clerics, for the vast majority of people who visit the small town in Bosnia Herzegovina, it’s simply a spot of prayer and faith.
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Secular pro-lifer warns the movement, ‘Lay off the God talk”
- Commentary, Interviews
- September 24, 2016
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Vatican tightens rules on miracles and money in sainthood cases
- September 23, 2016
New rules approved by Pope Francis and released by the Vatican on Friday are designed to make the process for approving a miracle in a sainthood cause more stringent, and also to ensure there’s a clear paper trail behind who’s picking up the tab and how much is being spent.
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Pope greets survivors, relatives of victims of Nice terror attack
- September 24, 2016
Pope Francis, MD, uses medical metaphors to provoke and explain
- September 24, 2016
Key papal aide says world economy needs to hear the poor
- September 22, 2016
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What one Charlotte priest is telling his flock after police shooting
- September 23, 2016
A Charlotte priest whose parish is just 500 yards away from the scene of a recent police shooting says, “If there were a Christian way forward, it would simply be one of drawing closer together and listening and relating, with a sense of vulnerability.”
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Struggling with Catholics, Trump taps conservative Catholic advisers
- September 23, 2016
For Wuerl, Pope lowering the window in his Fiat said it all
- September 22, 2016
A year after pope’s trip, domestic workers make immigration pilgrimage
- September 22, 2016
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Church in Guam fears closed parishes, schools due to abuse suits
- September 24, 2016
After abuse allegations surfaced against the island’s archbishop, Guam’s governor has signed a measure lifting the statute of limitations for abuse-related lawsuits — a move that Catholic officials in Guam warn could bankrupt the Church, forcing the closure of parishes and schools.
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Pastor in Holy Land wants Christian lobby like Israel’s
- September 24, 2016
Miraculous cures attributed to rocks from Toronto bishop’s crypt
- September 24, 2016
As debate rages over Medjugorje, maybe a place of prayer is enough
- September 22, 2016
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For Wuerl, Pope lowering the window in his Fiat said it all
- September 22, 2016
“The pope liked to ride with his window rolled down. He kept asking the driver to get him closer to the crowds,” said Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. about Pope Francis’s visit last year. “it was a symbol to us– if you are going to reach people, invite people, touch people, ‘lower the window’.”
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Backer of Church ban says contraception hurts women most
- September 24, 2016
Colombia’s bishops walk a fine line on historic peace deal
- September 20, 2016
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- September 15, 2016
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- September 24, 2016
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Secular pro-lifer warns the movement, 'Lay off the God talk"
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