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(OSV News) -- A cardinal in Singapore has called for religious and racial unity after a priest was stabbed in the face during Mass, an incident that has...
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DUBLIN (OSV News) -- From Sydney to Santiago, Chile, Catholics across the globe are coming together this November to stand in solidarity with those who...
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The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, is preventing priests from entering hospitals in Nicaragua to...
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LONDON (OSV News) -- Leading British Catholics have urged their church to avoid involvement in the resignation of the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury,...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Efforts to slow climate change and mitigate its impact, particularly on the poor, are being thwarted by selfishness, the Vatican...
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LONDON, England (OSV News) -- Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, the head of the Anglican Communion, resigned Nov. 12 due to failures in dealing with...
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AMSTERDAM (OSV News) -- The Dutch bishops' conference and Amsterdam's St. Nicholas Parish reacted with horror to the violence against Israeli soccer supporters...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis appointed a new preacher of the papal household: a 53-year-old Italian Capuchin priest who studied computer science...
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WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) -- On Warsaw's Narbutta Street, amid a carpet of autumn leaves, a neoclassical building stands between bare birches, fronted...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians should make a practice each night of identifying signs of hope, even small ones, that came their way during the day, Pope...
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ROME (CNS) -- The Vatican secretary of state said his prayer for Donald J. Trump is that God would grant him wisdom "because that is the main virtue of...
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ROME (CNS) -- Fewer lecterns and more round tables are needed in higher education for students and staff to come together to dialogue, seek the truth and...
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MADRID (OSV News) -- As Spain mourns the death of over 200 victims of the biggest peacetime disaster in decades, volunteers poured into the country's Valencia...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has decided to include Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples among the prelates he will make cardinals Dec. 7, the...
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DUBLIN (OSV News) -- The sainthood cause of an Irish nun killed in an earthquake in Ecuador in 2016 is to open early next year, it has been revealed. Derry-born...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The guiding principle of love extolled by Jesus cuts through confusion around how to uphold God's commandments to humanity, Pope...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The "small yet vibrant church" in Estonia has been a source of compassion and spiritual sustenance for countless people in the Baltic...
Read MoreROME (CNS) -- Pope Francis prayed at the graves of children and of miscarried babies on the feast of All Souls before concelebrating Mass with several...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church must put more effort into ensuring that the sacrament of confirmation is not the "sacrament of goodbye" for young...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Highlighting progress made in safeguarding and recommendations for rectifying ongoing gaps, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection...
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(OSV News) -- A report on the persecution of Christians globally has found increases in violations in nearly two thirds of countries examined. The report...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After members of the Synod of Bishops approved their final document, Pope Francis announced that he would not write the customary...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Parishes and dioceses must move quickly to give life to the consultative bodies and broad participation in mission and ministry already...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called on the faithful to yearn to serve, not thirst for power, as he proclaimed 14 new saints, including Canada-born...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Members of the Synod of Bishops elected Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, and Bishop Alain Faubert of Valleyfield, Quebec,...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A world that has become "heartless" and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in need of revitalizing its missionary...
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(OSV News) -- Dominican Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, known as the "father of liberation theology," which rose to prominence in South America in the 1960s...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops' conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of the pope,...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Because the Holy Spirit specializes in love and unity, Catholic couples should pray regularly for the Spirit to be present in their...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has accepted the request of Indonesian Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur of Bogor to dispense him from becoming a cardinal...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at the 2024 Synod of Bishops, and he directed...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican's safeguarding commission has "an opportunity and obligation to make the church a more Samaritan church," Cardinal Sean...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Even if some members of the Synod of Bishops end up feeling disappointed by the results of the synod, "God's providence is at work...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A Peru-based Catholic movement active across Latin America and the United States is more of a "political project" than a religious...
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