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Cardinal unveils major Vatican conference on priesthood in 2022
Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and ensuring that service, not power, motivates the request for ordination are all possible outcomes of a major symposium being planned by the Vatican in February 2022.
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‘Profound evil’ of abuse must be eradicated, Pope Francis tells symposium
As religious leaders, scholars, experts and abuse survivors come together online to participate in a three-day international symposium on faith, healing and prevention, Pope Francis sent a message as part of a series of opening remarks for the event.
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Catholic coalition stresses importance of COVID-19 vaccine for all
On World Health Day, April 7, a new group of 31 U.S. Catholic organizations encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine as an act of charity and solidarity with others.
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Swiss-born Father Hans Küng, theologian, dies at 93
Father Hans Küng, the prominent and sometimes controversial Swiss Catholic theologian, died peacefully in his sleep in the university town of Tübingen, Germany, where he had lived and lectured since 1960, said a spokesman for his Global Ethic Foundation. He ...
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Smugglers, extortion, broken dreams: Migrants’ road to US has perils
Migrants have streamed out of Central America in large numbers this year, fleeing violence, poverty and the destruction of twin hurricanes.
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San Jose Diocese voices support of Asian communities after hate crimes
As the U.S. marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in April, the Diocese of San Jose, California, issued a statement March 29 in support of those communities, given a spate of crimes throughout the country targeting them.
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Baltimore Catholics weigh-in on ‘heart-wrenching’ proposed changes in archdiocese