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Agency seeks donations for emergency aid for fleeing Iraqi Christians
NEW YORK (CNS) -- A U.S.-based international Catholic agency July 28 issued a plea for emergency funds to help tens of thousands of Christians forced to flee their homes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
Let me call you ‘brother’: Pope takes ecumenism one step at a time
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The only name Pope Francis wants divided Christians to call each other is "brother" or "sister."
Catholic Professionals set networking event
The Catholic Professionals of Greater Philadelphia will hold their next networking meeting Thursday, Oct. 2 at the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal in Germantown.
Iraqi Christians brave heat to demand help from United Nations
MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- Iraqi Christian refugees braved temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit to demand that the United Nations intervene to protect them from persecution by Islamist militants.
For some Mideast Catholics, church is anchor of hope amid violence
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS) -- As the death toll in Gaza surpasses 1,000, violent demonstrations in the West Bank leave dead and wounded, and an entire Christian community is exiled from the Iraqi city of Mosul by Islamic extremists, Christians in the Holy Land find themselves facing harsh realities.
All is lost with war, especially children’s lives, future, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- It's time to stop war, fighting and conflicts, which do nothing but kill and maim, leaving children unexploded ordnance for toys and lives without happiness, Pope Francis said.
German bishops mark WWI anniversary, acknowledge churches share guilt
BERLIN (CNS) -- As the world marks the 100th anniversary of World War I, Germany's Catholic bishops urged efforts to overcome "destructive self-interest" and acknowledged the shared guilt of churches for the conflict, which left 16 million dead.
Like good shepherd, church must seek out, help abused, says survivor
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Just as Jesus commanded pastors to leave their flock to find the lost sheep, the church must set out in search of all those who have been abused by clergy and offer them help, said one abuse survivor.
The Tekakwitha Conference at 75: a look at key events in its history
FARGO, N.D. (CNS) -- Mark G. Thiel holds the key to quite a bit of knowledge on Native American Catholics.
Menna helping children to fall in love with Jesus
As the new head of the Philadelphia Archdiocese’s Office of Catechetical Formation, Ann Menna works enthusiastically with parishes to find new and exciting ways to make the Catholic faith attractive to young people.