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PREP children make rosaries for overseas missions
Older students of the Parish Religious Education Program at St. Robert Bellarmine Parish in Warrington helped the younger children make rosaries on April 7, a program of the Missionary Childhood Association.
Seminary study requires commitment to constant conversion, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Meeting a group of seminarians who had walked more than 40 miles to see him at the Vatican, Pope Francis told them to give their all to prayer, study and pastoral preparation, or else have the "courage to seek another path."
Pope: During Holy Week, ask which Gospel character you resemble
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Preceded by young people and clergy waving tall palm branches, Pope Francis began his Holy Week liturgies by encouraging people to ask themselves which personality in the Gospel accounts of Jesus' passion, death and resurrection they resemble most.
Archbishop Chaput sends Passover greetings
"Together with the clergy and people of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, I want to extend to you and the local Jewish community our prayerful best wishes during this year’s observance of Passover," Archbishop Charles Chaput wrote to leaders of the Jewish Community Relations Council in Philadelphia.
Pope sends Passover greetings, asks prayers for Holy Land trip
With the approaching of the start of Passover at sundown April 14, Pope Francis said he wanted to offer his "best wishes for peace" to Rome's chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni and the city's Jewish community.
A friend to all men, great and common
Bob Sims, devout Catholic family man, received the Sourin Award April 10, the Catholic Philos' highest honor. Sims has served on Catholic organizations, advised cardinals, met popes, befriended priests -- and positively influenced other people too numerous to count.
Pope Francis drags human trafficking onto world stage
As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio celebrated annual open-air Masses for and with victims of human trafficking, condemning the "great mafia of very elegant people" -- the traffickers and those who profit from the illegal trade -- whose "money is stained with blood." As pope, he now makes it a global issue and decries the world's indifference.
Indian sisters nurture hope, reconciliation in teeming South Sudan camp
JUBA, South Sudan (CNS) -- When South Sudan's fledgling democracy suddenly unraveled in December, what started as political infighting within the country's ruling party quickly ripped along ethnic fault lines, often pitting neighbors against each other according to the tribal markings on their faces.
Archdiocese’s campaign raised less than $200 million, documents show
After adjustments to the Heritage of Faith-Vision of Hope capital campaign’s stated total of $221 million raised, and disbursement of $30 million to parishes, $55 million was available for major needs in the archdiocese.
Pope to pro-life activists: Defend the unborn, support pregnant women
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said Christians must defend life at all stages, especially before birth, and he praised efforts to assist pregnant women in difficulty and prevent the destruction of human embryos.