Why do Christians hesitate to rise up on anti-Christian persecution?
- August 18, 2017
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Patriarch Kirill and Parolin: Russian Orthodox and Catholics united for peace
- Claire Giangravè
- August 22, 2017
During their meeting in Moscow, the Vatican Secretary of State, Italian, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill discussed the two churches mutual positions regarding the Ukraine crisis, which Kirill described as “close,” and also the plight of the populations living in the Middle East, including persecuted Christians.
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Dublin archbishop: Pope Francis will visit "a very different Ireland"
- Crux Staff
- August 22, 2017
Pope Francis will have a different experience than John Paul II when he visits Ireland next year, according to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. Beginning the preparation period for the 2018 World Meeting of Families, the Dublin archbishop said “plates fly in every family,” and later spoke about the bishops new guidelines on priests who father children.
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Bishops oppose Trump's decision ending program for unaccompanied child migrants
- Christopher White
- August 22, 2017
The U.S. bishops are protesting the decision of the Trump administration to end a program open to migrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras in an effort to control the flood of unaccompanied children into the United States trying to escape violence in their home countries. In 2014 alone, more than 60,000 unaccompanied children made their way into the country causing a massive backlog in the courts.
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‘Hong Kong is sinking,’ Zen warns after sentencing of protestors
- Claire Giangravè
- August 22, 2017
Religious and world leaders spoke up against the arrest of three former student leaders of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, an association born from the civil rights protests of 2014, calling it “an outrageous miscarriage of justice.”
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Chilean bishops say new abortion bill 'offends the conscience'
- Inés San Martín
- August 22, 2017
Chile’s Constitutional Court on Monday upheld a measure that would end the country’s absolute ban on abortions. The measure, hailed as a victory by President Michelle Bachelet, was criticized by the bishops, who’ve committed themselves to redoubling their efforts to accompany women who “live their pregnancies in extreme situations.”
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Archbishop speaks out against ‘racism and nationalism rooted in fear’
- Catholic News Agency
- August 22, 2017
In response to the violence caused by the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles said that “We are seeing in our country a new kind of racism and nationalism. It is a racism and nationalism rooted in fear. There is fear about what is happening in our society. There is fear about what is happening in our economy. Our country has become so angry and bitter, so divided — in so many different areas.”
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Catholic priest in Virginia speaks of his past membership in the KKK
- Crux Staff
- August 22, 2017
Father William Aitcheson says the images from Charlottesville “brought back memories of a bleak period in my life that I would have preferred to forget,” when he was a member of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan. He called for the condemnation of “the hatred and vile beliefs of the KKK and other white supremacist organizations,” adding that what they believe contradicts everything Catholics hold dear.
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Eclipse thrills, inspires viewers to admire the precision of creation
- Dennis Sadowski
- August 22, 2017
A Catholic parish hosted an eclipse-watching party, as parishioners and visitors wonder at God’s creation. Some travelers made their way to a field the parish owns across the street from the church. Spots were going for $10. Some stayed overnight, camping in tents or in the back of their vehicle. Others, arrived in the pre-dawn hours eager to catch the spectacle.
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Explaining papal calm on security, plus a note on the convert debate
- August 20, 2017
In the wake of the latest spike in violence across Europe, the Vatican says it’s not taking extra security precautions, in part because safeguards were already “very strong.” Popes often feel a greater degree of calm about their safety than other public figures, because, let’s face it, from their point of view, they’ve got the ultimate safety net.
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Pope calls for an end to ‘collective and arbitrary’ expulsion of migrants
- August 21, 2017
In a message for the Vatican-sponsored “World Day of Migrants and Refugees,” set for Jan. 14, Pope Francis called the “lamentable situation” of migrants and refugees fleeing war, persecution, natural disasters and poverty a “sign of the times,” and called for nations to rise up to the challenge of “Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating migrants and refugees.”
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Papal confidante says ‘Amoris’ critics locked in ‘death-trap’ logic
- August 21, 2017
Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, rector of the Catholic University in Buenos Aires and sometimes described as the pope’s amanuensis, has issued a systematic defense of “Amoris Laetitia,” Francis’s controversial document on the family, saying its critics are locked in a “death-trap” logic and their approach risks “a betrayal of the heart of the Gospel.”
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Eclipse thrills, inspires viewers to admire the precision of creation
- August 22, 2017
A Catholic parish hosted an eclipse-watching party, as parishioners and visitors wonder at God’s creation. Some travelers made their way to a field the parish owns across the street from the church. Spots were going for $10. Some stayed overnight, camping in tents or in the back of their vehicle. Others, arrived in the pre-dawn hours eager to catch the spectacle.
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Irish bishops tell priests who father children to “face up” to responsibilities
- August 21, 2017
The bishops of Ireland say that in the case of a child fathered by a Catholic priest, the priest should not walk away from his responsibilities – legal, moral and financial. The guidelines written by the Irish Bishops’ Conference were written as the Vatican faces a deadline to respond to UN recommendations to “assess the number of children fathered by Catholic priests, find out who they are and take all necessary measures to ensure that the rights of those children to know and to be cared for by their fathers is respected.”
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Pope in Myanmar won’t be judged by crowds or speeches, but results
- August 19, 2017
Founded in 1991, Burma Campaign UK is one of the leading international organizations seeking reform in the country. Its director Mark Farmaner says Pope Francis is likely to face a challenging time when he visits Burma, also known as Myanmar, in a trip which is expected in late November. The pope has spoken up many times to protest the treatment of the Rohingya, a minority Muslim population facing persecution in the country.
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