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Faith, love and flexibility: Longtime married couples share all three
A common faith, thinking as a team, being flexible and arguing candidly but respectfully describe some of the keys to a strong marriage for Claude and Yvette Arrington, named Oregon's longest married couple by Worldwide Marriage Encounter.
Catholic prelature in Jerusalem warns of ‘serious consequences’ on settlements
The Latin Patriarchate condemned a new law that allows the Israeli government to seize private Palestinian lands where unauthorized Israeli settlements have been built, saying it eliminates hopes for peace.
Hong Kong cardinal: Consensus on bishops helps solve other issues in China
The Vatican and China, which severed diplomatic ties in 1951, have had on-again, off-again talks since the 1980s. Under Pope Francis, the two restarted a formal dialogue in 2014.
Refugee, health care issues come to fore during social ministry webinar
If the people aren't going to a Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington this year, then the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering is going to the people.
World needs women, not for what they do, but who they are, pope says
The exploitation of any person is a crime, but the exploitation of a woman "destroys harmony" in the world, Pope Francis said.
Catholic legal staff, priest visit Haitian detainees in Colorado, Arizona
Many Haitians are placed in temporary detention centers throughout the country, while appealing for asylum in the United States often in places lacking any Creole-speaking detention and legal staff.
Pope: Speechless before horror of Holocaust, pray it never happen again
Anti-Semitism is absolutely contrary to Christianity, and the church has a duty to denounce and repel such hatred, Pope Francis said.
Archdiocesan schools partner with CRS to teach global service in big way
In the largest agreement of its kind in the U.S., Catholic Relief Services and 18 Catholic high schools in the Philadelphia Archdiocese will join lesson plans and activities like the Helping Hands project last week that saw 800 students prepare 50,000 meals.
Church needs religious orders’ courage, witness, pope tells superiors
Catholic religious orders must have the courage to start new forms of outreach, knowing that the only people who "never make mistakes are those who never do anything," Pope Francis said.
Colombian nun kidnapped in southern Mali
Mali security forces arrested two suspects who they believe were involved in the kidnapping of a Colombian nun Feb. 7 in southern Mali.