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Bible-preaching priest becomes social media star
In weekly one-minute videos, Venezuelan Franciscan Father Luis Antonio Salazar, 34, discusses key passages of the New Testament with the help of electronic music and special effects to 120,000 followers.
With political will, countries can meet needs of refugees, speakers say
The plight of the world's refugees will be solved by politics, not by appeals to conscience or awareness of the tremendous scope of the issue, said speakers at an Oct. 17 New York symposium on migration.
From sidewalk to swamp, wonders of creation abound
Whether it's the forests and waterways of the Amazon or life in the world's far-flung cities, people have "boxed everything into neat categories" and succumbed to a "disconnected view of creation and of humanity," said an observer at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.
Mexican bishops call for peace, conversion amid growing violence
Violence erupted in Culiacan Oct. 17 after Mexican security forces detained Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of "El Chapo," in mid-afternoon.
Synod groups: Ecology, violence, migration among challenges for church
The 12 small-group reports, published by the Vatican Oct. 18, were the result of reflections in groups organized by language; each group summarized its members' conclusions and offered proposals for the whole synod.
Lebanon’s Catholic patriarchs support protesters seeking economic reforms
Fueled by economic insecurity and deteriorating living conditions, a fifth day of protests Oct. 21 were sparked by government plans to impose new taxes.
At catacombs, synod members pledge simplicity, closeness to the poor
More than a half century after a group of bishops at the Second Vatican Council made a solemn pledge to live a simple lifestyle close to their people, a group of participants from the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon signed a new pact in the Catacombs of Domitilla.
Mission is to make disciples for Christ, not for one’s group, pope says
Every Christian is called to be a missionary, sharing the good news of salvation in Christ and making disciples for him, not for oneself or one's clique of like-minded believers, Pope Francis said.
Barr sees ‘growing refusal’ on religious liberty in U.S.
U.S. Attorney General William Barr told an audience at Notre Dame that the Judeo-Christian moral system is under increasing attack and there is "a comprehensive effort to drive it from the public square" by secularists.
Report outlines ‘dangers, harms’ assisted suicide laws pose to disabled
The National Council on Disability's concerns stem from the understanding that if assisted suicide is legal, some people's lives, particularly those of people with disabilities, will be ended without their fully informed and free consent.