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Catholic News Service
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IMAGE: CNS photos/courtesy Xaverian Missionaries By Francis Njuguna NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) -- The grisly murders of missionary priests and a local priest, a lay volunteer and 40 seminarians in Burundi...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Global Sisters Report, courtesy of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley By Soli Salgado and Dan Stockman SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (CNS) -- "Holy chaos" is how Sister Norma...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Brad Birkholz, for The Compass By Patricia Kasten APPLETON, Wis. (CNS) -- Goats tend to get a bad rap in church traditions -- with the devil often portrayed with goat horns and hoofs,
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IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Franciscan Friars Conventual By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Leading five friars in formation on an eight-week summer service program largely through Appalachia and...
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IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In a world where many are often marginalized and discriminated against, the message of Jesus' love must continue to be...
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News from the Vatican
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In a forward he penned for a new book dedicated to the so-called “popular movements” prominent in South America, Pope Francis said the groups are an alternative to the populist wave spreading through...
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In a message sent Aug. 16 to the 40th Meeting in Rimini, an annual event sponsored by the Communion and Liberation movement, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said that countless...
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Before praying the Angelus with visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square Aug. 18, Pope Francis reflected on the day's Gospel reading (Lk 12:49-53) in which Jesus says he has come "to set the...
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Mary’s assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those insignificant, mundane and petty concerns competing for their attention and instead be drawn to God and his greatness, Pope Francis...
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On Aug. 12 2016, Pope Francis visited a house run by the John XXIII Community in northeast Rome that helps young women rebuild their lives after being rescued from prostitution. A priest who was...
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