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‘Fear of God’ isn’t fright, it’s being humble, childlike, pope says
God reveals his mysteries, not to the wise and learned, but to those who are childlike, that is, to people who are humble and fear the Lord, Pope Francis said in a morning homily.
Year of eating cactus fruit: Drought causes extreme hunger in Madagascar
Eating this fruit leaves crimson stains on people's faces and hands, and there is a "shame of poverty associated with these stains in Madagascar," said Nancy McNally, CRS information officer for East and Southern Africa.
Follow drug supply chains to corrupt banks, financiers, pope says
The "vast, powerful networks" behind the drug trade kill not only those who become slaves to drugs, he said, they also kill those "who want to destroy this slavery" -- such as judges or others who seek to stamp out criminal organizations.
Coordinated, creative approach needed to stem drug use, speakers say
More than 50 experts in medicine, science, the judicial system, government and social policy, and pastoral care were invited to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences to discuss innovative and effective solutions to drug use, abuse and prevention.
By plane, train and bus, Chaldean priest visits Iraqi refugees in Turkey
Being the only Chaldean Catholic priest in charge of pastoral work in Turkey, Father Adday, as he is known, has become a true itinerant priest, a road warrior who, each year, logs thousands of miles tending his flock, the community of Iraqi Christian refugees in Turkey.
Pope indicates he will travel to Ireland in 2018
After meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said the pope confirmed he will visit Ireland in 2018 and that trip organizers would look at the possibility of a stop in Northern Ireland.
Pope speaks to Jesuits about discernment, vocations, poverty
Pope Francis called for a recovery of moral reasoning after the example of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure, who "affirm that the general principle holds for all but as one moves to the particular, the question becomes diversified and many nuances arise without changing the principle."
Pope asks scientists to find solutions, declare rules to save planet
Humanity does not own God's gift of creation and has no right to pillage it, Pope Francis said.
Indian church looks to sainthood for murdered nun
The grave of a nun murdered in central India 21 years ago has been exhumed as part of a process that may eventually lead to her canonization.
New prior appointed for Benedictine monks in Norcia
Eighteen years after founding a new Benedictine community in Italy, U.S. Father Cassian Folsom stepped down as prior of the Benedictine monastic community in Norcia, the hometown of St. Benedict.