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Cardinal talks about listening at the synod, being loyal to the pope
Cardinal Christoph Schonborn said that as a European member of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, his first task is to listen and his second task is to examine ways his lifestyle and that of his community contribute to the suffering of the Amazonian people.
Judgment Day: New book claims Vatican close to financial ruin
An Italian author who was once tried and acquitted by a Vatican court for publishing leaked documents is claiming in a new book that decades of mismanagement, shady deals and decreasing donations will leave the Vatican no choice but to default.
Native American leaders meet at anti-poverty summit
About 40 percent of the roughly 3 million people whose primary race is Native American or Alaska Native live on reservations, and most fall well below the poverty level. A Catholic initiative cited four areas of most concern.
Lifelong tug to help Africa’s poor leads Catholic to mission work in Ghana
A calling to be a missionary is being fulfilled through the Lay Mission-Helpers Association in Los Angeles and the Center for Mission in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
St. Joe’s Prep students, faculty use Jesuit examen daily
The private Catholic high school in Philadelphia has adopted one of the core practices of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola across all sectors of school life.
Priests carry ideals of military chaplaincy service into their parishes
The Diocese of Charleston has several priests who first served as military chaplains, and they say the ideals of serving God and country transition well to leading a parish.
‘Loving neighbor as yourself implies caring for earth,’ theologian says
The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is calling Catholics to an ecological conversion in their personal lives and in the church throughout the world, a theologian participating in the synod said.
Faith groups pray for immigrant children in detention, urge policy change
Dozens of Chicago-area Catholics were joined by Lutheran, Jewish and Muslim representatives as they all prayed for immigrant children held in U.S. detention centers Oct. 16.
Historian works to reconstruct Canadian saint’s face from a mortuary mask
The death mask of St. Mary of the Incarnation was found a few decades ago in the attic of the monastery of the Ursulines in Old Quebec. The order's oral tradition relates it to its founder.
Laguna people are an example of perseverance in faith, archbishop says
Archbishop Lori highlighted the "beautiful expressions of faith of the Laguna tribe" in his homily at St. Joseph Church on the Laguna Pueblo, which is home to six villages of Native American peoples.