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Once Iraq recaptures Mosul, people will still need help, says archbishop
"Where is the possibility of creating, of building bridges of reconciliation among the divided community?" Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda asked.
Bishops to vote for USCCB president, vice president at general assembly
Each office is elected from a slate of 10 candidates who have been nominated by their fellow bishops.
Fighting over liturgy distorts purpose of Mass, papal liturgist says
When a choir director and parish priest differ over liturgical music, the choir should follow in good faith the wishes of the priest for the sake of unity, said the papal liturgist.
Papal summer residence opens to the public for the first time
Pope Francis "wanted this place -- so rich in history and so significant -- to be a gift for the people," Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vatican Museums, said Oct. 20 at the grand opening of the papal apartment.
Christian thinkers call for a politics of ‘localism’
"Any healthy populism has to be grounded in the particular, in the love of one's neighbors, of one's town, of one's community, and it's a defense of that community, of those neighbors, against remote rule," Bill Kauffman explained.
Two popes, one mission: Cardinal looks at papal ministry
Although with different personalities and different tones, the papacies of both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI focus on proclaiming the Gospel in a world that seems to confuse truth and lies, goodness and evil, said Cardinal Gerhard Muller.
For vocations, one must go out, listen, call, pope says
Young people are searching for meaning, and the best response is to go out to where they are, stop and listen to them and then call them to follow Jesus, the pope said Oct. 21.
‘Today’ show’s Roker credits Catholic schools for success in life, career
"I am standing here today, as the 'Today' show weatherman, because of what I learned at Xavier High School," Roker said.
Archdiocese, evangelicals agree to work together to prevent abortion
The signing of an agreement opens the doors for Catholics to provide funds to support the work of First Image, which runs pregnancy resource centers in the Portland area.
World War II chaplain’s remains laid to rest in Dubuque Archdiocese
Nearly 75 years after his death at Pearl Harbor, Father Schmitt was coming home to his alma mater to be laid to rest.