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Inquiry or Inquisition? Looking again at Father Teilhard de Chardin
Jesuit Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's attempts to integrate what science was suggesting about evolution with the truths of faith led to a ban on teaching and publishing during his lifetime.
St. Jude parishioners visit Divine Providence Village
Fun, fellowship and craft-making marked the April 21 day of service, which was part of this year's Catholic Charities Appeal.
Vietnamese nuns attacked protesting construction on disputed land
St. Paul de Chartres sisters in Vietnam were attacked by construction site guards while they were protesting the building of a house on their former land.
Mexican priest proposed as possible human rights chief
The front-runner in Mexico's presidential election said, if he wins July 1, he would appoint an activist priest as his human rights director.
Catholics get chance to celebrate, think about Mary with new feast day
The Catholic Church doesn't often add new celebrations to its pretty full liturgical calendar, but this year's new feast day, Mary, Mother of the Church on May 21, has Catholics gearing up to mark the day or at least think a little more about Mary.
Burundi’s bishops say people are too afraid to vote honestly
Catholic bishops there have criticized an upcoming referendum on constitutional reform that would allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to remain in office till 2034.
See the yearning for peace in eyes of migrants, refugees, pope says
Building peace starts with small gestures and kind words, and in today's world it must include being generous to migrants and refugees, Pope Francis told a major gathering of German Catholics.
Central Africa religious leaders announce three days of prayer
Christian and Muslim leaders in the Central African Republic have accused foreign states of complicity in a May 1 gun and grenade attack on a Catholic Mass and announced coordinated prayers for peace and reconciliation in its churches and mosques.
Reborn in baptism, Christians are called to live like Christ, pope says
The baptismal font is a tomb in which a person dies to sin, and it is a womb through which a person is born to new life in Christ, Pope Francis said.
Love & Responsibility Week 3
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