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Unlike Italy, pope backs anti-gay marriage push in Mexico
- Inés San Martín
- September 25, 2016
After having sat out an Italian debate in May over the legalization of civil unions for same-sex couples, Pope Francis broke his silence on Sunday by coming out in support of Mexico’s Catholic bishops in their efforts to derail a push for gay marriage.
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Priest murders rattle Mexican city gripped by violence
- Associated Press
- September 25, 2016
In a region of eastern Mexico already weary of rising gang violence and extortion, the abduction and murder of two priests sank many residents only deeper into despair. The violence comes at time of rising tension between the Catholic Church and the Mexican government, among other things over gay marriage.
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Tens of thousands march against gay marriage in Mexico
- Associated Press
- September 25, 2016
In Mexico City on Saturday, tens of thousands of people marched through the city streets to demonstrate their opposition to the legalization of gay marriage, in a protest that many Mexicans saw as the country’s powerful Catholic Church flexing its muscles.
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Urban ministry offers tips on talking to the homeless
- Catholic News Agency
- September 25, 2016
Christ in the City, a Denver-based urban ministry, has a tip sheet for how to engage homeless persons in the street, including learning the person’s name and using it, and providing soft food rather than granola bars or apples because often the homeless have teeth problems.
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Palestinian Catholic chef expresses identity through cooking
- Rhina Guidos
- September 25, 2016
Chef Bassem Hazboun, 39, says food from the Holy Land is in a way unique for Christians because some of it hails from biblical times. Sometimes he prepares biblical menus, he said, for those who arrive in the Holy Land for religious pilgrimages.
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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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Peace deal puts Colombia at heart of Year of Mercy
- Austen Ivereigh
- September 24, 2016
Although scores of dignitaries will be on hand to sign Colombia’s peace deal Monday, the key to the success of the agreement between the government and the FARC rebels has been the priority given to the victims. A Jesuit who has been at the center of the process explains.
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Secular pro-lifer warns the movement, 'Lay off the God talk"
- Charles C. Camosy
- Commentary
Kelsey Hazzard, the founder of “Secular Pro-Life,” has a blunt message for religiously motivated opponents of abortion: “if you’re out to make a case for life to the general public, lay off the God talk. Legally, religious considerations can’t form the sole basis for public policy anyhow.”
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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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Unlike Italy, pope backs anti-gay marriage push in Mexico
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- September 25, 2016
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- September 24, 2016
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- September 25, 2016
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- September 24, 2016
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Pope greets survivors, relatives of victims of Nice terror attack
- 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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Unlike Italy, pope backs anti-gay marriage push in Mexico
- September 25, 2016
Pope Francis, MD, uses medical metaphors to provoke and explain
- September 24, 2016
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- September 23, 2016
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Backer of Church ban says contraception hurts women most
- September 24, 2016
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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Urban ministry offers tips on talking to the homeless
- September 25, 2016
Struggling with Catholics, Trump taps conservative Catholic advisers
- September 23, 2016
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- September 23, 2016
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Peace deal puts Colombia at heart of Year of Mercy
- September 24, 2016
Although scores of dignitaries will be on hand to sign Colombia’s peace deal Monday, the key to the success of the agreement between the government and the FARC rebels has been the priority given to the victims. A Jesuit who has been at the center of the process explains.
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Unlike Italy, pope backs anti-gay marriage push in Mexico
- September 25, 2016
Priest murders rattle Mexican city gripped by violence
- September 25, 2016
Tens of thousands march against gay marriage in Mexico
- September 25, 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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Secular pro-lifer warns the movement, ‘Lay off the God talk”
- September 24, 2016
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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Unlike Italy, pope backs anti-gay marriage push in Mexico
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Priest murders rattle Mexican city gripped by violence
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