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Amid the darkness, hold fast to light of hope, pope says
Christian hope is not the same as being optimistic about the future, but is knowing that whatever dark or frightening things are going on in one's life, God is there offering protection and light, Pope Francis said.
Kabila accepts Congolese bishops’ offer to mediate crisis
Congolese President Joseph Kabila expressed support for Catholic bishops' efforts to mediate a constitutional crisis after he extended his term in office.
Vatican commission launches child protection website
The website -- www.protectionofminors.va -- eventually will include versions in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and French, the commission said in a statement Dec. 6.
French bishop opens sainthood cause for foundress of Tyburn Nuns
A French bishop has opened the cause for canonization of a nun who claimed she saw a consecrated host turn to bloody flesh in the hands of a priest.
Pope says ‘Amoris Laetitia’ is result of listening, discernment
Everything in "Amoris Laetitia," Pope Francis' exhortation on the family, sprang from consultations with Catholics around the world and was thoroughly discussed by the bishops at the 2014 and 2015 synods on the family, Pope Francis said.
Black pro-life leaders hold rally outside Planned Parenthood in D.C.
African-Americans make up just under 13 percent of the U.S. population, but "they represent over 30 percent of all abortions," said Alveda King, niece of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leading a pro-life rally outside a new $20 million facility.
Panel: Genocide, wars, indifference will make Mideast Christians extinct
Establishing a safe haven for Christians while rebuilding their devastated homelands is preferable to massive permanent resettlement to other countries, including the United States, said speakers at an interfaith forum in New York.
Priest-historian: 75 years later, Pearl Harbor ‘such a powerful event’
The Dec. 7, 1941 attack by the Japanese on the Hawaiian outpost and the 9/11 terrorist attacks were both "cataclysmic events that galvanized our country," said the head of military chaplains, Father Daniel Mode, at the Pentagon.
Father Joseph Huynh, minister to Vietnamese newcomers, dies at 75
The priest who served the Vietnamese Catholics and other immigrants at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Philadelphia was ordained in Vietnam and spent time in a prison camp before coming to America in 1980.
Heroin & Opiate Addiction Panel Discussion
The panel discussion is being held at St. Phillip Neri in Montgomery County.