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Pope prays for unity of church as he celebrates anniversary of Vatican II
The Second Vatican Council was the universal Catholic Church's response to God's love and to Jesus' command to feed his sheep, Pope Francis said, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the council's opening.
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Etienne: Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons ‘are of grave concern’
Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne said Oct. 7 he is "increasingly troubled" by Russia's war against Ukraine and said Russian President Vladimir Putin's "irresponsible threats" to use nuclear weapons "are of grave concern."
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Refusal to help migrants is ‘sinful, criminal,’ pope says at canonization
The refusal to help desperate migrants "is revolting, it's sinful, it's criminal," Pope Francis said as he canonized a bishop dedicated to assisting migrants and a Salesian brother who had immigrated with his family to Argentina.
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CRS launches campaign to build greater response to climate change
Working with small farmers in the Horn of Africa, Yohannes Subagadis with Catholic Relief Services keeps hearing how difficult it is for growers to raise even minimal crops for their families to live on let alone to have extra to ...
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Church, community help one another in Florida county hit hard by Ian
The 7-year-old boy who sat with his family in the cafeteria of Hardee Junior High School was too shy to say his name.
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Canadian bishops vow to follow pope’s example with Indigenous
Canada's bishops wound up their first in-person meetings in three years with discussion of concrete steps toward reconciliation with Indigenous Canadians.
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Pope accepts resignation of Cardinal Dolan; names Bishop Hicks of Joliet, Ill., as successor