Ex-Vatican auditor says he was forced out by old guard with ‘frame-job’
- September 24, 2017
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Recognize God's presence, be open to solace he brings, pope says
- Carol Glatz
- September 25, 2017
During his morning Mass, Pope Francis asked people to remember to thank God in prayer for always being there to help them “move forward, to hope, to carry the cross.” The pope also said the Lord “will let us feel his presence” all the time.
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Dolan: Honesty about church's flaws might win back fallen-away members
- Peter Finney Jr.
- September 25, 2017
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York told a convention of priests that Pope Francis has made it clear that a Christian cannot be “a nomad” but is someone who “belongs to a people, the church. A Christian without a church is something purely idealistic.”
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Love of neighbor must begin with love of God, Pope Francis says
- Hannah Brockhaus
- September 25, 2017
Francis met Monday morning with 50 members of the Foundation of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, an organization which offers financial, material and technical support to the Vatican’s small military force. He thanked them for their work in support of the young Swiss men who devote some years of their lives to “serving the Church and the Holy See.”
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Pope urges Trappists to share their silence, simplicity
- Cindy Wooden
- September 25, 2017
Pope Francis said the Trappist dedication to prayer is “an expression of your love for God and a reflection of a love that embraces all of humanity.” Being contemplatives, he said, is a process or journey in which the monks and nuns become “men and women of prayer, ever more pervaded by love for the Lord and transformed into his friends.”
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Mexico quake leaves country's historic churches battered
- Christine Armario and Dario Lopez-Mills
- September 25, 2017
On the first Sunday since the earthquake, priests in Mexico no longer able to say Mass inside collapsing churches instead held services outside paying homage to victims and survivors. The damage to churches is affecting communities, since the buildings serve as pillars of strength in times of distress.
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Barbara Blaine, founder of abuse victims group SNAP, dies
- Associated Press
- September 25, 2017
Barbara Blaine, the founder and former president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, has died. She was 61. The organization known as “SNAP” announced on its Facebook page that Blaine died Sunday following a cardiac event. Blaine had resigned in February after a former employee sued the group, claiming she was fired after asking superiors whether the organization was referring potential clients to attorneys in return for donations.
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Pope's advisers on sex abuse also take up children of priests
- Associated Press
- September 25, 2017
Members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors told The Associated Press on Sunday that a working group is looking into developing guidelines that can be used by dioceses around the world to ensure that children born to priests are adequately cared for, after Irish bishops published guidelines earlier this year that focused on ensuring the well-being of the child and the mother.
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Sisters of St. Joseph affirm the 'power and prophecy' of the arts
- Kathy Sherman CSJ
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(The following is paid advertising.) Since 1986, the Ministry of the Arts (MOTA) has been committed to creating beauty and inspiration through original art and music. This sponsored ministry of the Congregation of St. Joseph emerged from a belief and conviction that the arts play a critical role in forming, informing and transforming consciousness.
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Tools for thinking about the Vatican’s two latest scandals
- September 24, 2017
At the moment, the Vatican finds itself facing two less-than-edifying storylines, one involving a priest in the papal embassy in Washington, D.C., suspected of possible violations of child pornography laws, and the other featuring a Vatican trial for financial misappropriation against former officials of a papally-sponsored pediatric hospital. Here are a few resources for thinking intelligently about each.
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Meet the man who helped build the pope’s brand on Twitter
- September 21, 2017
Spanish Catholic layman Gustavo Entrala, who created a successful digital marketing company and who’s advised both Popes Benedict XVI and Francis about their use of Twitter, says that Francis has the most “consistent” and attractive brand among major world leaders today, in part because he’s seen to embody his own message.
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Ex-Vatican auditor says he was forced out by old guard with ‘frame-job’
- September 24, 2017
Breaking a three-month silence, the Vatican’s former Auditor General claimed Saturday he was forced out in June by a “frame-job” engineered by an old guard hostile to reform, while two senior Vatican officials insisted they have “overwhelming evidence” that Libero Milone violated Vatican laws by illegitimately spying on people, including superiors and people in his own office.
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Recognize God’s presence, be open to solace he brings, pope says
- September 25, 2017
Love of neighbor must begin with love of God, Pope Francis says
- September 25, 2017
Pope urges Trappists to share their silence, simplicity
- September 25, 2017
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Barbara Blaine, founder of abuse victims group SNAP, dies
- September 25, 2017
Barbara Blaine, the founder and former president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, has died. She was 61. The organization known as “SNAP” announced on its Facebook page that Blaine died Sunday following a cardiac event. Blaine had resigned in February after a former employee sued the group, claiming she was fired after asking superiors whether the organization was referring potential clients to attorneys in return for donations.
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Dolan: Honesty about church’s flaws might win back fallen-away members
- September 25, 2017
Blessed Rother ‘an authentic light’ for church and world, says cardinal
- September 24, 2017
‘They killed a man but created a saint,’ archbishop says of slain priest
- September 23, 2017
Latest from the Global Church
Mexico quake leaves country’s historic churches battered
- September 25, 2017
On the first Sunday since the earthquake, priests in Mexico no longer able to say Mass inside collapsing churches instead held services outside paying homage to victims and survivors. The damage to churches is affecting communities, since the buildings serve as pillars of strength in times of distress.
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Pope’s advisers on sex abuse also take up children of priests
- September 25, 2017
Bishop calls on U.S. to provide aid, act to resolve Rohingya crisis
- September 24, 2017
Jesuit in Puerto Rico says hurricane devastation is ‘apocalyptic’
- September 24, 2017
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Expert sees focus under Francis on Latin American martyrs like Romero
- September 23, 2017
Martyrdom in which a Christian is killed by a non-Christian is usually clear. The Christian is killed by someone because of their faith or because they refuse to renounce their faith. Large numbers of lay catechists, women religious, deacons, and priests were killed in various Latin American countries over the past few decades. In these cases, the people murdering them claimed to be Catholic. Can they still be martyrs?
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Paglia: Pope not backing down on pro-life cause, he’s doubling down
- September 23, 2017
Meet the man who helped build the pope’s brand on Twitter
- September 21, 2017
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