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Replacing Moral Outrage with Curiosity and Wonder

It would be wise in our age to return to the wisdom that arose from Vatican II around the notion of inculturation—the idea that diversity within differing cultures contributes to a “deeper humanity” and a “better plan for the universe.”
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The Pope during morning Mass at the Vatican

Christianity is a relationship, pope says

Christians must follow the Ten Commandments, of course, but Christianity is not about following rules, it is about having a relationship with Jesus, Pope Francis said.
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Postulator: No evidence St. John Paul covered up abuse

The postulator and the commission involved in investigating the life of Pope John Paul II for sainthood cause found no evidence that the pope knowingly neglected or covered up abuse scandals, the postulator said.
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Amazon priest sees Zoom wakes as way to comfort suffering

When a family friend died in Spain, which was on lockdown because of COVID-19, Spanish Father Luis Miguel Modino celebrated the wake and connected family members using Zoom.
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Virus stopped couple’s dream wedding, but ceremony still ‘special’

When Matthew and Bethany Vogel got engaged in January 2019, they had no way to foresee the virus that would upend events worldwide in spring 2020, including their wedding.
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Accompanying others extends to immigration, says attorney

Immigration "is not political -- or it should not be political. This has nothing to do with party affiliation," according to a Catholic immigration attorney who works in El Paso, Texas.
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Salvadorans overcome massacre with faith

They greet each other like family members who haven't seen one another in a while, a big smile when one of them walks into the room. Felipe Tobar talks about his uncle, quiet and tall, a man "who loved to ...
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