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News Briefs: December 3, 2017
Pope leads prayer service for peace in South Sudan, Congo VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Although it was not possible to visit South Sudan as he had hoped, Pope Francis said […]
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Church leaders decry plan to end TPS for Haitians
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Advocates and Church leaders rallied around 58,000 Haitians living in the United States since a ferocious 2010 earthquake after the Trump administration moved to end a humanitarian […]
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Pope, USCCB president pray for victims of Egyptian mosque attack
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis led pilgrims in prayer for the victims of a bombing at a mosque in Egypt’s northern Sinai region. Addressing thousands of people gathered in […]
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To experience one of the holiest Christian sites, go to Washington
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the nation’s capital, a $15 museum ticket and pair of 3-D glasses is the passport Christian pilgrims and others need to experience what may be the […]
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Pope welcomed by children, meets with generals in Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — Greeted by two dozen children wearing traditional attire and by the nation’s bishops, Pope Francis arrived in Myanmar Nov. 27 for a four-day visit. The arrival […]
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Youth urged to remember they’re ‘beloved children of God, called by name’
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — The sound of more than 20,000 teens screaming and singing along with raucous music of Christian hip-hop band TobyMac was loud. The sound of the same number […]
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Puerto Rico archbishop sees spiritual rebirth after storm’s wrath
BALTIMORE (CNS) — Almost two months after the devastating winds and rains of Hurricane Maria pummeled the island of Puerto Rico, there is still no clear path to recovery. Although […]
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U.S. bishops take on immigration, racism at fall assembly
BALTIMORE (CNS) — At the start of their annual fall assembly in Baltimore Nov. 13, U.S. Catholic bishops faced some big issues — immigration and racism — straight on and […]
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Pray for persecuted Christians, religious minorities in the Middle East
Take action now — We must not resign ourselves to thinking of a Middle East without Christians, who for 2,000 years have confessed the name of Jesus, and have been […]
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News Briefs: November 26, 2017
Chinese officials pay to swap religious images for portraits of Xi HONG KONG (CNS) — Officials in China’s eastern Jiangxi province have replaced religious images displayed by Christian families with […]
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‘Invest in love:’ First World Day of the Poor
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People have a basic choice in the way they live: either striving to build up treasures on earth or giving to others in order to gain […]
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Prayer for solidarity in suffering
O God of all the nations, the One God who is and was and always will be, in your providence you willed that your Church be united to the suffering […]