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World has not learned lessons from Great War, pope says
World War I is a chapter in history that serves as a dire warning and a call for world leaders "to reject the culture of war and to seek every legitimate means to put an end to the conflicts that still stain many regions of the world with blood," the pope said.
Vatican asks USCCB not to vote on sex abuse response proposals
The U.S. bishops were set to vote on proposed standards of episcopal conduct and the formation of a review board for complaints against bishops violating the standards. The Vatican wants a vote delayed until after a meeting of bishops in February.
God wants quiet humility, not showy altruism, pope says
While all Christians are called to help those in need, they must fight against the temptation of boasting about their gifts of charity to seek attention, Pope Francis said.
Eucharist creates the communion the world needs, pope says
Even in societies increasingly marked by divisions and prejudice, Catholics gather every Sunday "in the Lord's name and acknowledge that they are brothers and sisters," Pope Francis said.
Mass, ceremony mark 100th anniversary of World War I’s end
More than 300 people prayed in Washington as the archbishop for the Military Services said the gathering was not to "assign blame, look at causes or rejoice in victory," but to give thanks and beg God for peace.
Maryland pilgrims walk 50 miles ‘in penance and prayer’ for priesthood
Pilgrims arrived the day in Baltimore before the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened its fall assembly there Nov. 12-14. The clergy sexual abuse crisis, which precipitated the pilgrimage, topped the bishops' agenda.
San Francisco Catholics host Mass for the homeless, pray for deceased
Up to 7,500 residents of the city are homeless, and mortality is up to nine times higher among chronically homeless people, whose life expectancy is 25 years shorter than among the general population.
Final HHS rule confirms religious exemption to contraceptive mandate
The move allows "those with sincerely held religious or moral convictions opposing abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and contraception to exclude such drugs and devices from their health plans," said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo.
Quebec churches to ring bells to mark 100th anniversary of end of WWI
The gesture of solidarity comes as many voices call on the Catholic Church to question its old theory of the "just war."
Religious groups made effort to drive their flocks to midterm voting
Many religious groups were able to mobilize their flocks and form coalitions with other denominations around issues such as feeding the hungry, immigration and refugee resettlement.