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Kidnapped Mexican priest safe; indigenous priest murdered
Local media reported that Father Angel Vargas Uribe, the Diocese of Tampico spokesman, told a news conference: "We do not know the reasons why he was abducted. He did not have problems with anyone. ... We are not scared."
Church instrumental in pushing El Salvador to pass metal mining ban
Mining had become highly contentious in the country of 6.3 million, as environmental groups protested the effects on water sources and soil contamination. Anti-mining groups have claimed that at least four people had died in mining conflicts.
Loving families are central to bringing joy, mercy to world, pope says
Pope Francis urges families to discover God's love and be generous, forgiving, patient, helpful and respectful.
Agency’s gift boxes provided by donors bring joy to children in Haiti
People in 46 U.S. states filled shoebox-sized containers with small toys, hygiene items or treats last fall and those "Boxes of Joy" have been distributed in recent weeks to children in poverty in Guatemala, Dominican Republic and Haiti.
This time, Guterres visits Zaatari refugees as the U.N.’s top official
As the Catholic secretary-general visited the world's biggest camp for Syrian refugees, he made an impassioned plea: Stop Syria's devastating war.
Pope: God promises the ‘impossible,’ asks people hope against all hope
Real Christian hope "is not based on our word, but on God's Word" and promises of salvation and eternal life, the pope said during his general audience in St. Peter's Square March 29.
Congo’s bishops give up on peace mediation
Catholic bishops in Congo have abandoned attempts to arrange a government-opposition power-sharing agreement, amid rising violence.
Cardinal Pell talks technology, Trump, Brexit at book presentation
"Connected World," by Father Philip Larrey, a philosophy professor at Rome's Pontifical Lateran University, studies the impact and long-term consequences of increasingly advanced technology and the rise of artificial intelligence on society.
Pope urges bishops from western Canada to be close to their people
The bishops were making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican to report on the status of their dioceses.
Global peace, security demand an end to nuclear weapons, pope tells U.N.
"International peace and stability cannot be based on a false sense of security, on the threat of mutual destruction or total annihilation, or on simply maintaining a balance of power," he said in the message.