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Church must seek new paths in Amazon, synod secretaries say
The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon will help the Catholic Church make its presence felt and voice heard in a region that is dangerously approaching "a point of no return," said the special secretaries of the synod.
Pope calls for global alliance to better educate young people
Pope Francis said the challenges facing humanity and the Earth are so urgent and important that he has invited world leaders, educators and young people to come to the Vatican next spring to launch a global alliance for building a new, more humane future.
Vatican U.N. nuncio laments ‘cycle of violence’ surrounding 9/11 attacks
"The 9/11 attacks were preceded and followed by many horrendous acts of violence, proving that violence begets more violence, hatred begets more hatred, and revenge perpetuates the cycle of violence," Archbishop Auza said Sept. 11, the 18th anniversary of the attacks.
Nitty-gritty ministry: Pope in Africa applies Gospel to real life
While Pope Francis' comments on U.S. criticism of his papacy drew the biggest headlines during his visit to Africa, the Masses he celebrated in Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius drew the biggest crowds.
On 9/11, pope greets Vatican, Muslim leaders promoting world peace
On a day remembered for the terrorist attacks against the United States, Pope Francis met with members of a committee of Muslim leaders and Vatican officials promoting a new era of dialogue and world peace.
Spanish cardinal-designate at forefront of interreligious dialogue
Although he has led the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue since May, Cardinal-designate Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot dedicated his religious life to building a bridge between Catholics and Muslims.
Africa trip planted new seeds of hope, pope says at audience
Having gone to Africa as a pilgrim of peace and hope, Pope Francis said he hoped the seeds planted there by his visit would bear abundant fruit for everyone.
‘Just the facts,’ pope tells reporters, commenting on news media
No one really knows what the future of the news media will be, but it will have no future if reporters and the public cannot distinguish between facts and fiction, Pope Francis said.
Ideological fixation, not ‘loyal criticism,’ feeds possibility of schism, pope says
Schisms have occurred throughout church history, he said, and one thing they all have in common is having such a focus on an ideology that they begin reading church doctrine through the lens of that fixation.
Vatican calls for electoral reform, negotiations to resume in Nicaragua
With increasing concerns worldwide about human rights violations in Nicaragua, a Vatican representative has called for an immediate return to negotiations and a rollout of reforms necessary to hold "free and transparent elections" there.