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Journey as peacemaker leads Palestinian to dialogue with Israeli settlers
"For me it is looking into the teaching of Jesus. Jesus talked about loving your enemy and loving your neighbor. When I put these two verses together I looked around and looked to see who was my enemy? Who was my neighbor? (The answer was) the settlers," said Awad.
Pope to visit Colombia as it emerges from half-century of war
The Vatican announced March 10 that the pope had accepted the invitation of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Colombian bishops.
Pope pans ‘evil’ of populism, praises good humor in latest interview
"The Lord preserves my peace and gives me a great sense of humor," Pope Francis said in a discussion of topics including priestly vocations. Making clerical celibacy optional, he said, "is not the solution."
Don’t close doors to refugees, church leaders say after Mideast trip
Cardinal Roger M. Mahony told journalists that nations like Lebanon and Jordan have been "very heroic" in accommodating large numbers of refugees, "as compared to many other countries, especially the United States."
Hear no evil: How culture of resistance may hinder child protection
When a child-protection advocate resigned from a papal advisory board in early March, she did so because of growing frustration with persistent resistance and a "toxic" sense of superiority from some in the Roman Curia.
Vatican forum calls for church, world to heed women’s voices
Women and men from around the globe gathered for an event inside Vatican City that celebrated and encouraged the need for women's voices to be heard in the church and in the world.
U.S.-Holy See ties won’t change with Trump, U.S. diplomat says
Despite opposing views on some issues, the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See will still look for common ground on global issues, the interim leader of the embassy said.
Guatemalan bishop suggests human rights be guaranteed in new U.N. treaty
Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, has urged governments to ensure human rights are given priority in trade and investment by big companies when a U.N. treaty is developed this fall.
El Salvador hopes for a miracle and another saint-in-waiting
El Salvador's Catholic Church circles swirl these days with news about a possible miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Oscar Romero. There's also the yearning that the momentum will help the beatification cause of his martyred Jesuit friend, Father Rutilio Grande.
Nuns team up with Caritas to help malnourished Venezuelan children
The clinics -- called Survey System for Monitoring, Alerting, and Attending to Health and Nutrition, or SAMAN in Spanish, are designed to collect and monitor statistics and help malnourished children.