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Promote ‘culture of resurrection,’ pope tells Christian Brothers
Like their founder, St. John Baptist de La Salle, the Christian Brothers' must continue their educational mission and restore life to areas where poverty and suffering have taken away the hope of a future, Pope Francis said.
Pope’s Romania visit could heal Catholic-Orthodox relations, expert says
When Pope Francis makes his 30th international trip, visiting Romania in late May, he is likely to receive a more reserved welcome than St. John Paul II did 20 years ago, said an expert in ecumenism.
Two attacks in two days leave 10 Catholics dead in Burkina Faso
Catholic leaders in Burkina Faso appealed for unity and solidarity after two attacks on Catholics in two days left nine laypeople and a priest dead.
Top Vatican diplomat grants interview to Chinese Communist tabloid
Cardinal Pietro Parolin told Chinese state-run media that Vatican-Beijing talks are focused on achieving concrete results for China's Catholics while avoiding differences between the two "systems."
Jesus is always ready to help free people from evil, pope says
Christians recognize life's great paradox that so much evil and temptation exist in the world, but that God is always present, too, ready to help and give people the strength to persevere, Pope Francis said.
Vienna-based group logs attacks against European Christian churches
Vandals and thieves have damaged at least eight Christian churches in Germany since early April. Churches have also been attacked, apparently at random, in Scotland, England, France, Poland, Spain, Italy and Austria.
Militant posts video threat, saying he is in Canada to kill Asia Bibi
The death threat comes a week after Bibi, a Catholic mother of five, was permitted to leave Pakistan for Canada to join her family at a secret address.
Cardinal ‘Fix It’: Almoner’s job is to model direct charity
While the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Caritas Internationalis, along with its national partners, are responsible for large-scale development, relief and advocacy projects, the almoner's office is focused on person-to-person charity.
Pope’s Marian pilgrimage to shine light on ethnic Hungarians
Pope Francis will visit Romania May 31-June 1 and a major Marian shrine that for Hungarian Catholics in the country remains a symbol of resistance and faith, which has surged since the end of communism in 1989.
Martyred Romanian bishops symbolize church’s ‘resurrection from darkness’
Seven Romanian Catholic bishops died during a fierce anti-religious campaign waged under the communist regime in Romania.