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Sant’Egidio Community taught Cardinal-designate Zuppi how to minister
Cardinal-designate Matteo Zuppi will join a 400-year-long list of archbishops of Bologna who also were cardinals, but his appointment to the College of Cardinals has more to do with his style of ministry than his job title.
Letters to Blessed John Henry Newman show his role as pastor, evangelist
Although 32 annotated volumes of the cardinal's letters and diaries have been published over the last two decades, newly released material includes letters and correspondence to the future saint.
Cardinal Pell appeals abuse convictions to Australian High Court
The application to the country's highest court is Cardinal Pell's last avenue of appeal and comes 27 days after the Supreme Court of the Australian state of Victoria decided not to overturn his conviction.
Religion has ‘valuable role’ in forming culture of peace, says U.N. nuncio
Religion can make an important contribution "to forming a culture of peace," both to "empower and transform individuals" and "humanity as a whole," Archbishop Bernardito Auza said.
Crisis of trust in Nicaragua ‘an omnipresent virus,’ nation’s bishops say
Independence Day, Sept. 15, came as many Nicaraguans opposing tyrannical rule continue to be cowed into silence, and the Catholic Church, which has lent spiritual support to protesters, suffers state-sponsored harassment.
At Polish cross festival, Catholics atone for abuse scandals, vandalism
"The vision of Christ's suffering can transform human hearts, spurring recognition of sins and a request for forgiveness," said Bishop Wieslaw Mering of Wloclawek.
Canadian cardinal-designate spent decades working with poor, marginalized
In working among the world's poor for many decades, Canadian Cardinal-designate Michael Czerny was one of several Jesuits who volunteered to replace those murdered in 1989 in San Salvador, El Salvador, during the Central American country's civil war.
Life without parole is not a solution to crime, pope says
Sentencing someone to life in prison without the possibility of parole is "not the solution to problems, but a problem to solve," Pope Francis told Italian prison guards, prison chaplains and officials from the Ministry of Justice.
Papal commission for protection of minors meets again in Rome
Members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors meeting in Rome said there was a continued need to make safeguarding consistently part of the life of the church around the world.
God conquers evil with love, forgiveness of sins, pope says at Angelus
God forgives sins so that joy, not sadness, can flourish once again in one's heart, Pope Francis said.