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Spirituality, encounter at heart of World Mission Sunday, cardinal says
Ahead of the Oct. 24 observance, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said the church must recover a sense that "each baptized person is a missionary of the kingdom of God."
Prevailing via penalty kicks, Lansdale girls survive playoff soccer scare
PCL three-seed Lansdale Catholic hosted six-seed Cardinal O’Hara, and was pushed past regulation and two overtime periods finally to win 4-3 in the penalty phase, thanks to LC's team contributions and senior star Lauren Edwards.
Retired Pope Benedict hints at his death in condolence message
Reflecting on the passing of a priest friend, the 94-year-old pope, who is in stable but frail health, said in an Oct. 2 letter he hopes to soon join loved ones in heaven.
Italian dioceses urge vaccination, adopt measures for volunteers
"Care for the salvation of souls cannot be separated from the commitment to safeguard the health of bodies," wrote Msgr. Franco Agnesi, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Milan.
Myanmar military arrests seven Caritas workers
The Oct. 18 detention of the team, whose members were delivering food and medicine to displaced residents, came days after the most recent military attack on Catholic church's in the conflict-torn nation.
Migrant shelter in southern Mexico denounces raid by armed individuals
An armed group forced its way into a Catholic outreach in southern Chiapas Oct. 12, the latest act of intimidation against migrant defenders in the region.
Keep priests from being financial power bases, nuncio warns Indian bishops
Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli said the trend of priests operating trusts or nongovernmental organizations without diocesan oversight creates power imbalances in the pastoral field.
Cries of Haitian people ‘cannot go unheeded,’ Vatican official says
Following his Oct. 17-19 visit to Haiti, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, said European and other countries must aid the island nation, increasingly ravaged by poverty and violence.
With numbers growing in U.S., more Hispanics involved in church, community
Representing almost 19% of the country's population, Hispanics are increasingly active in the Catholic Church in the U.S., and pastoral leaders are expanding their outreach to them.
Kidnapping in Haiti prompts worries about other church workers’ safety
Following the Oct. 16 capture of 17 Ohio-based missionaries, charities and religious groups are evaluating how they can remain safe while delivering humanitarian aid in one of the world's poorest and most violent nations.