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Exploring the final frontier, Star Trek offered peace, paper says
Honoring Star Trek's 50th anniversary, the Vatican newspaper said the overwhelmingly popular series gave the world a model of peace, tolerance and cooperation at a time of global tensions.
Chinese authorities arrest Wenzhou coadjutor after death of bishop
The local faithful said it was to prevent him from taking possession of the diocese after the death of Bishop Vincent Zhu Weifang.
The battle over gun regulation returns to the election season
"There really is no reason why we need these combat weapons on our streets," said Archbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, speaking in a June interview with Chicago TV station WGN about violence and the availability of certain weapons.
Latin American coalition: Mining causing damage, not delivering benefits
Large-scale mining and extractive operations are failing to deliver economic benefits while causing environmental damage and human suffering throughout Latin America, said a coalition of church organizations and environmental groups.
Benedictines keep spiritual oases alive in hectic world, pope says
The world's Benedictines offer precious gifts by providing quality education, quiet refuge in a hectic world and loving hospitality to anyone in need, Pope Francis said.
Peace in the heart leads to peace in the world, pope says
Peace cannot be achieved by huge protests or international conferences unless it begins in people's hearts, Pope Francis said.
Religions must take lead in protecting creation, pope says
"We cannot help but admire the beauty and harmony that exists in all of creation; that is the gift that God gives us so that we may find him and contemplate him through his work," he said.
Creative Commons: Monastic life serves God, fires imagination
Though generally renown for Gregorian chant, curating libraries and offering quiet retreats, some Benedictine monks also brew beer, run farms or play electric guitar, like Abbot Primate Nokter Wolf.
Retired pope says governance wasn’t his gift, but Francis is good at it
In a book-length interview with the German author Peter Seewald, Pope Benedict said that when he resigned he had the "peace of someone who had overcome difficulty" and "could tranquilly pass the helm to the one who came next."
MRS gets $1 million-plus grant from Mormons for refugee resettlement
The Mormons, as the denomination's adherents are popularly known, have refugee processing capabilities overseas, said MRS executive director Bill Canny, but do not offer domestic resettlement services.