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Unlike the "doctrine of discovery" allowing the European conquerors to mistreat indigenous people, a historian points out that "the Church didn't give...
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AACHEN, Germany (CNS) -- Missio, one of Germany's Pontifical Mission Societies, marked the third World Day Against Witch Hunts Aug. 10 by warning that...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The passing of time in one's life is meant to be lived as a God-given grace and not a meaningless pursuit to preserve one's youthfulness,...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians must never give in to fear when evangelizing, especially when reaching out to those in need in the digital space, Pope...
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNS) -- Religious orders working in Haiti have called on the international community to directly intervene to address the reign...
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MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- A Catholic bioethics institute urged the U.K. government to speed up a review of the rights of the parents of sick children...
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WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- Church leaders offered condolences after a bus carrying Polish pilgrims to the Bosnia-Herzegovina shrine of Medjugorje crashed...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando José Álvarez offered a message of love to the world Aug. 7 even as he continued to be detained by police...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican reported that projections of an expected deficit of 33.4 million euros ($34 million) for 2021 ended in a shortfall of...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis plans to make his long-awaited visit to Ukraine before his trip to Kazakhstan in September, said Andrii Yurash, Ukraine's...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of Hungarian Father Péter Oros, who was killed at the height of the Cold War by Soviets in...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The unity of the Catholic Church's bishops is fundamental in correcting past wrongs and in confronting challenges today, Pope Francis...
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MURRISK, Ireland (CNS) -- Thousands of pilgrims hiked up Ireland's holiest mountain for the annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage, held for the first time since...
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ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (RNS) -- On his return flight from a six-day "penitential pilgrimage" to apologize to the Indigenous people of Canada on Friday,...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The remembrance, reconciliation and healing from the Catholic Church's past sins committed against Indigenous populations is a reminder...
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MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Nicaraguan authorities have ordered the closure of Catholic media outlets and raided a parish in the Diocese of Matagalpa, the latest...
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Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig MÜller, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has sharply criticized the Synodal Way in Germany. In...
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Pope Francis has urged the thousands of young people gathered at Medjugorje this week to follow the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who leads us closer...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The only reasonable way to address the suffering of Ukrainians is to stop fighting and negotiate, Pope Francis said. Even during...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Unbridled greed for wealth and possessions is a sickness that is the driving force behind wars and conflicts in the world, Pope Francis...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Kazakhstan in September and attend an interreligious meeting in the capital city,...
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IQALUIT, Nunavut (CNS) -- At the end of his six-day visit to Canada, Pope Francis, sitting in a wheelchair, said goodbye to Chief Wilton Littlechild, also...
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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM CANADA (CNS) -- The planned destruction of the families, languages, cultures and traditions of the Indigenous communities...
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ROME (CNS) -- In his first public comments since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision that legalized abortion, Justice Samuel...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "It seems necessary to make it clear that the 'Synodal Path' in Germany does not have the power to compel bishops and the faithful...
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STE.-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRÉ, Quebec (CNS) -- In the face of sin and failure, the temptation to wallow in despair and do nothing comes from the devil, Pope Francis...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In his small office next to the world's largest Catholic Church, Conventual Franciscan Father Agnello Stoia spoke about the unique...
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QUEBEC CITY (CNS) -- In a British-built fort on the highest hill in Quebec City, Pope Francis spoke to Canadian government and cultural leaders about the...
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NEW DELHI (CNS) -- An archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church resigned July 26 at the request of the Vatican after he was accused of defying the...
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ROME (CNS) -- The lawyer leading the Spanish Catholic Church's investigation into clerical sexual abuse said he is currently looking into thousands of...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will be featured in a new documentary premiering at this year's Venice Film Festival; the film covers his near decade...
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LAC STE. ANNE, Alberta (CNS) -- Pope Francis joined Indigenous pilgrims at a lake known for miraculous healings and encouraged them to lay their burdens...
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EDMONTON, Alberta (CNS) -- Celebrating the feast day of Jesus' grandparents, Pope Francis not only urged people to honor their elders, but he asked them...
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MASKWACIS, Alberta (CNS) -- The words "I am sorry" are powerful. For Tammy Ward of the Samson First Nation, those words from Pope Francis brought tears...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While the perfect bishop does not exist, he does have to be a person who knows how to get others involved in the life of the church...
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EDMONTON, Alberta (CNS) -- While presented as missionary work, the operation of residential schools by Catholics in Canada was actually an attempt to impose...
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For the first time since 1835, the monks of the Santo Domingo de Silos Monastery in Spain -- known for their Gregorian chant -- have been forced to abandon...
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MASKWACIS, Alberta (CNS) -- The first step of Pope Francis' "penitential pilgrimage" to Canada involved him returning two pairs of children's moccasins. The...
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EDMONTON, Alberta (CNS) -- After a flight of more than 10 hours from Rome, Pope Francis landed in Edmonton and met briefly at the airport with Indigenous...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican released a new policy consolidating the investment portfolios of all offices and keeping all current and future investments...
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ROME -- With speculation running rife whether Pope Francis could resign, and whether he might retire to a residence in the Vatican Gardens like Benedict...
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The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, celebrated on July 16, was first instituted in the late 14th century in commemoration of the approval of the rule...
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis on July 13 named three women to the Dicastery of Bishops, the Vatican office responsible for evaluating new members of the...
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VATICAN CITY -- The first images from the James Webb space telescope reveal God's creation and feed our souls, a Jesuit brother and astronomer said...
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Pope Pius XII said, "The devotion to the Carmelite scapular has brought down on the world a copious rain of spiritual and temporal graces." On the feast...
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BEIRUT (CNS) -- Maronite Catholic officials in Lebanon have denounced the detention of one of its bishops on the country's southern border with Israel. The...
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JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Rare documentation of the Portuguese Inquisition with detailed information about the sentencing trials which took place 500 years ago...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "It seems necessary to make it clear that the 'Synodal Path' in Germany does not have the power to compel bishops and the faithful...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Humanity can no longer ignore the cries of the earth that is suffering due to greed and the excessive consumption of its resources,...
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The president of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe met wounded Ukrainian soldiers and their families during a visit to Ukraine this...
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Pope Francis' picks for the College of Cardinals have made the body "less European," giving a greater voice to developing nations in Africa, Asia,...
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The archbishop of Santiago de Cuba, Dionisio GarcÍa, asked the Virgin Mary to move the hearts of those who can determine the fate of the Cubans imprisoned...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' July trip to Canada was born out of his meetings with the nations' Indigenous people and was planned around encounters...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis interrupted his traditional July break to meet with Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife, Princess Charlene, at the...
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With speculation running rife whether Pope Francis could resign, and whether he might retire to a residence in the Vatican Gardens like Benedict XVI, it...
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Following the kidnapping of two Catholic priests in central Nigeria last week, the local diocese announced July 19 that one of the two priests had escaped,...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Since the beginning of Russia's war on Ukraine, Pope Francis has consistently expressed his closeness to the people of the country...
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A Vatican policy published Tuesday says that the Holy See's financial investments cannot contradict Catholic teaching. The policy stipulates that...
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In response to the recent decision of Peru's Supreme Court to permit euthanasia for Ana Estrada, a woman with an incurable disease, the archbishop...
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In a recent interview with the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need, Father Bladimir Navarro, who lives in Spain, said that "the people of Cuba...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholic communicators need to use extra care and educational efforts to combat a situation where some media "become places of toxicity,...
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Practical effort, while necessary, will be only "sterile activism" unless it flows from listening to the Word of God, Pope Francis said Sunday. In his...
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The papal trip to Canada next week will be a "penitential pilgrimage" to bring healing and reconciliation, Pope Francis said Sunday. The pope is scheduled...
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The Nigerian diocese of Kafanchan has asked for prayers after two Catholic priests were kidnapped Friday evening. Father John Mark Cheitnum and Father...
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HONG KONG (CNS) -- An elderly Catholic missionary in Hong Kong has launched a three-day hunger strike outside a high-security prison demanding the release...
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Father Juan Manuel GÓngora, a Spanish priest who has more than 53,000 followers on Twitter and who recently received an award by HazteOÍr (CitizenGo)...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Ten days after saying he would name two women to the group that helps him choose bishops, Pope Francis appointed three women to the...
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The first images from the James Webb space telescope reveal God's creation and feed our souls, a Jesuit brother and astronomer said Thursday. "The...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The care of the environment and the fight against climate change is not a lofty goal for humanity but a moral imperative, Pope Francis...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said he plans to meet with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in September at an interreligious meeting in Kazakhstan. The...
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DUBLIN (CNS) -- The Police Service of Northern Ireland said it is investigating a possible crime after an image of Pope Francis was burned in a bonfire. Other...
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Pope Francis ruled out the possibility of staying in the Vatican or returning to Argentina in the event of an eventual resignation from the papacy. In...
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