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Pope Francis to meet Trump at Vatican May 24
The trip to include Saudia Arabia and Israel is an attempt to unite three of the world's leading religious faiths in the common cause of fighting terrorism, White House officials.
Church leaders say EU countries ignore pledges on religious freedom
Msgr. Da Cunha, secretary-general of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences, said the ideology of secularization "views religion as a private affair of the individual; it has difficulty understanding the public dimension of religious communities."
Pope advances sainthood causes of U.S. priest, Vietnamese cardinal
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Wisconsin-born Capuchin Father Solanus Casey, five religious, four laypeople and two cardinals, including Vietnamese Cardinal Francois Nguyen Van Thuan.
Pope, Myanmar leader meet, launch diplomatic relations
The Vatican announced May 4 that the pope would appoint a nuncio to the southeast Asian nation and that Myanmar would name an ambassador to the Vatican.
In Prison Your Visited Me
Cranaleith presents a day-long program on healing the wounds and broken relationships caused by such issues as addiction, violence, crime and imprisonment.
Encounter in Egypt: Trip highlights one of pope’s key teachings
Encounter. It's a word Pope Francis uses often and something he insists is the concrete first step toward faith and toward building a better world.
Media reform must be intelligent, even fierce, pope tells Vatican office
To best respond to new challenges in the field of communication, the Vatican needs smart, courageous teamwork, not nostalgia for a glorious past or doomsday forecasts, Pope Francis said.
Evangelizers must ‘go and listen, not ‘go and proselytize,’ pope says
The first step in sharing the faith, Pope Francis said this week, is to get out of one's chair and go where people are. The next is to listen to the restlessness in their hearts and understand it.
Indigenous Missionary Council in Brazil says attack was cowardly act
The Brazilian bishops' Indigenous Missionary Council criticized an attack in a remote area of Maranhao state in which 13 Gamela Indians were injured.
Kansas family among first to aid fellow farmers affected by wildfires
The largest prairie wildfire in Kansas history of Kansas had transformed much of Clark County into a land of ash.