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Professor offers steps for ministers to avoid burnout
C. Vanessa White detailed four "loving practices" for reversing burnout and getting back on track: healing the body, enjoyment of life, sabbath time and what White called "an attitude of gratitude."
Hiroshima survivor shares memories of atomic blast with peace activists
Maimed and fleeing people, charred paper falling from a strangely colored sky, and a father who didn't return were some of the very early but vivid memories Hiroshima survivor Toshiyuki Mimaki recalled Aug. 6.
Brazilian priest accused of abuse commits suicide in prison
Local authorities said Father Bonifacio Buzzi hanged himself with bed sheets in his cell a day after being arrested.
Mother Teresa: ‘Do small things with great love’
On Sept. 4, Pope Francis, who has spent this year preaching about mercy, will canonize Mother Teresa, who traveled the world to deliver a single message: that love and caring are the most important things in the world.
New Zika infection fears spark renewed debate on abortion, birth control
In February, the National Catholic Bioethics Center issued a statement that Zika does not justify abortion or artificial birth control even with the suspected connection between the Zika virus and birth defects.
Florida races to stem Zika spread, offer pregnant women testing
New York and Florida have the most cases of travel-related Zika infections nationally -- many reportedly associated with travel to the Dominican Republic -- but the mosquito-borne transmissions in Florida are a first.
Pope praises witness of 10 athletes on Refugee Olympic Team
Naming each of the team's athletes from South Sudan, Syria, Congo and Ethiopia, Pope Francis said he had read some of the interviews with team members "so that I could get closer to your lives and your aspirations."
5,600-plus sisters call for civility by candidates in presidential race
"We simply ask that all who seek to lead refrain from language that disrespects, dehumanizes or demonizes another," the letter said.
Catholics surveyed say election issues, not candidates, mentioned at Mass
They reported they have heard about religious liberty, abortion, immigration and the environment as among the topics coming from the pulpit, according to a survey released Aug. 8 by the Pew Research Center in Washington.
Innocent people pay the price for war in Syria, pope says at Angelus
An estimated 300,000 residents were trapped in war-torn Aleppo at the beginning of August while hundreds of thousands have fled since the start of the civil war.