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Pope makes surprise visit to mobile clinic in St. Peter’s Square
Tourists and pilgrims in the square were caught off-guard by the pope's arrival, immediately snapping pictures and reaching out to shake the pope's hand.
Catholic physicist says harmony of faith, science is seamless, not effortless
Planetary scientist Jonathan Lunine, a Catholic convert, spoke last week on the church's strong support for astronomy and the biblical mandate to "study the cosmos and understand as much as we can."
Summer’s Encuentro a ‘balm for the wounded,’ says archbishop
Latinos make up 52 percent of Catholics under 30 in the U.S. and the hope for the Encuentro, which means "encounter" in Spanish, was to develop leadership roles for many of them.
Catholic, international aid agencies press for end of war in Yemen
Catholic Relief Services and others are supporting aid for the humanitarian disaster "of horrific proportions" where one child is dying every 10 minutes in the four-year-old war.
Kenyan Catholic leaders applaud directive to return schools to churches
President Uhuru Kenyatta Nov. 13 said he had given government officials one week for the restoration of the schools' ownership to churches, to return the land they occupy and for the re-establishment of full church sponsorship of the institutions.
Defining, protecting human rights is a common endeavor, speakers say
An unbalanced focus on the word "rights" without a primary focus on the word "human" can lead to situations where the interests of the powerful or the wealthy prevail over the good of all human beings.
As at some parishes, St. Charles faces abuse crisis head on
The Drexel Hill parish is among those that offered a parish meeting led by a facilitator, special prayers and information in parish bulletins regarding the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church here and abroad.
Advent Bible study reflects on early Christian hymns
A series offered by the Mother Boniface Spirituality Center focuses on 10 New Testament songs that express the faith of the first believers in Christ.
Ecumenical partners can help one another be accountable, pastor says
UPDATED - As Christian communities and churches continue their search for full unity, they must be willing to learn from and help one another recognize ways they have not fully lived the Christian ideal, the head of the World Council of Churches said.
Response varies to Polish film’s fictional portrayal of priestly life
As a film that portrays priests as corrupt and willingly engaging in debauchery breaks box office records in Poland, most leaders of the country's predominant Catholic Church have avoided comment on its salacious portrayal of the clergy.