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Indian couples frustrated as Missionaries of Charity stop adoptions
Although the sisters continue to care for abandoned, destitute and sick children, they have stopped putting them up for adoption because new government rules were "contrary to our Christian values."
To ignore the poor is to despise God, pope says
How Christians treat the poor indicates their relationship with God, Pope Francis said. "If I don't throw open the door of my heart to the poor, that door remains closed, even to God, and this is terrible!" the pope said.
Join Philadelphians for history as Mother Teresa becomes a saint
The Philadelphia Archdiocese is running a 10-day trip to Rome for the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta on Sept. 4. There's still time to witness the ceremony for the most respected holy woman of this generation.
People of faith must advocate for religious liberty, says House speaker
People of faith have the responsibility to "advocate for their faith" not only through good works but also through through prayer, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast.
Study of women deacons won’t be first, but might answer questions
When Pope Francis pledged May 12 to form a commission to study the possibility of women serving as deacons today, church experts began weighing in on a topic that a 2002 advisory panel failed to resolve.
World leaders urged to act to counter terrorist ‘narratives, ideologies’
"Religious leaders and people of faith must be at the forefront in delegitimizing the manipulation of faith and distortion of sacred texts as a justification for violence," Archbishop Bernardito Auza said.
In new interview, pope riffs on religious freedom, abuse crisis
Governments must respect people's conscientious objection to secular laws, Pope Francis told a French Catholic newspaper. And he again called for zero tolerance of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Mission must come before maintaining institutions, pope says
Opening the Italian bishops' conference annual assembly in the Vatican May 16, the pope focused on the bishops' main agenda item: "the renewal of clergy."
Armenians say ‘whole population’ set to welcome Pope Francis in June
Many Armenians say Pope Francis will be widely welcomed when he visits the country in June, thanks in part to a remark he made about genocide more than a year ago.
Obama directive on transgender access to facilities ‘deeply disturbing’
"The guidance contradicts a basic understanding of human formation so well expressed by Pope Francis: that 'the young need to be helped to accept their own body as it was created.'"