Pope Francis highlights hospitality during Christian unity event
- Jan 25, 2020
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Spanish cardinal denounces spread of Black Friday sales to Europe
- Nov 29, 2019
As millions of Americans woke up the day after Thanksgiving ready to swamp stores and take advantage of the traditional sales, they probably don’t realize that “Black Friday” is now marked in countries around the world that don’t even celebrate the American holiday.
13th-century encounter points way to greater Christian-Muslim understanding
- Nov 10, 2019
Eight centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi took a risk when he crossed the battlefield between Crusader and Muslim forces near Damietta, Egypt, desiring to meet Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil and preach his faith in Jesus Christ.
On feast of St. Francis, Pope joins Amazonians to plant tree at Vatican
- Oct 4, 2019
Pope Francis joined Amazonian church workers and indigenous people Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, to plant a tree in the Vatican Gardens.
In Italy, even getting a pug offers a graduate lesson in Catholicism
- Jul 27, 2019
If you’re at all interested in Catholicism, just moving around Italy is like a graduate education in Church history.
Monastery connects U.S. Catholics to Holy Land, events in Christ’s life
- Jul 14, 2019
Father James Gardiner, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, who is director of special projects at the monastery, said the gardens and the replicas are meant to “whet your appetite” for seeing the real things in the Holy Land.
Top Vatican official says Americans misunderstand pope’s social agenda
- May 15, 2019
Cardinal Peter Turkson, one of Pope Francis’s top advisors, said Tuesday that every time he goes to the United States, the pope’s social agenda is misinterpreted as adopting either a socialist or communist approach to the economy.
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