Carol Glatz

Catholic News Service

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Pope: Marriage is brave promise to love like Jesus, not showy ceremony

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Christian marriage isn’t just a big ceremony held in a church with nice flowers and everyone wearing fancy clothes and taking lots […]

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Vatican unveils logo, prayer, details of Holy Year of Mercy

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Holy Year of Mercy will be an opportunity to encourage Christians to meet people’s “real needs” with concrete assistance, to experience a […]

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Term 'genocide' angers Turkey, while pope says memory leads to healing

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, Pope Francis said atrocities from the past have to be recognized — not hidden or […]

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Pope to priests: Exhaustion is part of ministry; find renewal in Christ

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Priestly ministry is hard, sometimes lonely or dangerous work serving the neediest with an open, vulnerable heart, Pope Francis told the world’s priests. […]

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People give witness to ways Pope John Paul changed, saved their lives

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Hundreds of people have been giving public witness to the ways Pope John Paul II changed or even saved their lives. Men and […]

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Christians must bring hope, joy to world hit by pain, death, pope say

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians are called to bring hope, happiness and life to a world marked by despair, sadness and death, Pope Benedict XVI said. Believing […]

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Pope urges everyone to rediscover St. Therese's autobiography

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI called St. Therese of Lisieux’s autobiography, “The Story of a Soul,” a wonderful authentic “treasure” and invited everyone to read […]

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Don't abandon God because of 'attacks of evil' in Church, pope says

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI urged young people not to abandon their faith in God because of the “attacks of evil” within the Church. “Carry […]

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Jesus came to conquer pride, violence, greed with his love, pope says

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With the birth of Jesus, God came to the world as a defenseless child to conquer human pride, violence and greed with his […]

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Like the tree, Christ's light should shine from Christians, says pope

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians are called to be like a brightly adorned Christmas tree and shine forth Christ’s brilliant light to the world, Pope Benedict XVI […]

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Joy comes from receiving God's love, not lots of things, pope says

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The secret to experiencing true joy is not found in accumulating lots of things, but from feeling loved by the Lord and being […]

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Christ's real presence brings people closer to God, says pope

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Eucharist is not a symbolic representation of the Lord because Christ is wholly and entirely present under the species of bread and […]