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Vocations are calls to embark on exodus to Promised Land, pope says
"Responding to God's call, then, means allowing him to help us leave ourselves and our false security behind, and to strike out on the path which leads to Jesus Christ, the origin and destiny of our life and our happiness," the pope said in his message for the 2015 World Day of Prayer for Vocations.
Pope warns religious against ‘crisis of quality’ in consecrated life
During an audience with about 1,300 novice directors and other formation ministers at the Vatican April 11, the pope said seeing consecrated people "in such great numbers" would give the impression "that there is no vocations crisis."
In destroyed Israeli village, exiled residents unite at the church
For the elders of Iqrit, their biggest regret in life is not having been able to raise their children together.
Pope will meet youths, religious leaders in June visit to Sarajevo
According to the schedule released by the Vatican April 14, Pope Francis also will hold an afternoon meeting with priests, religious and seminarians as well as take part in an ecumenical and interreligious gathering at a Franciscan student center.
Bishop: Framework on Iran’s nuclear program a step to advancing peace
Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces, New Mexico, said April 8 in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and April 13 in letters to every member of Congress that the framework was a milestone in the long-standing negotiations to curb the "unacceptable prospect of Iran developing nuclear weapons."
Laity called to be on ‘frontlines’ of using media in new evangelization
The panel consisted of leaders in Catholic broadcasting and communications and was held in honor of the 75th anniversary of Archbishop Fulton Sheen's first televised service on Easter of 1930.
Illinois bishop visits tornado-ravaged community, prays with residents
According to the National Weather Service, eight tornadoes hit northern and central Illinois April 9.
Cancer claims freshman basketball player known for ‘determined spirit’
Lauren Hill, a Mount St. Joseph University freshman who gained international attention when she pursued her dream of playing college basketball even as her inoperable brain cancer advanced, died overnight April 10. She was 19.
Jesuit priest, former university leader, lives with inoperable cancer
Jesuit Father John Schlegel lived his own version of Lent this year.
Today’s teaching on the family
See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”