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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.
Rigid thinking isn’t divine, pope tells staff of Jesuit magazine
Discernment is needed to understand life's ambiguities, not rigid thinking that tends to silence the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis said.
Celebrating marriage: Newlyweds look to pope for blessings, strength
Each week dozens of newlyweds, dressed again in their wedding gowns and tuxedoes, come to the Vatican to receive a special papal blessing as they begin their lives together.