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Caritas-run radio offers outlet for migrants in France to discuss abuse
The topic of each week's radio show depends on current events. One week, the theme was police abuse.
Autonomous weapons systems threaten peace, says Vatican official
Speaking March 26 to a group of governmental experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), Archbishop Jurkovic criticized the use of weapons that can shoot and kill without any moral or ethical deliberation.
A triduum, or two, too many: Rome Diocese tries to unify celebrations
Diocese of Rome has decided that the Easter Triduum should be celebrated only in parish churches, not other churches, chapels or oratories.
Five Quebec dioceses to allow external audit of sex abuse cases
In September, retired Quebec Superior Court Judge Anne-Marie Trahan will be able to consult the regular and secret files of five Catholic dioceses in the greater Montreal area, confirmed Montreal Archbishop Christian Lepine.
Jesus broke religious barriers, Brother Alois tells Christians, Muslims
Amid all the violence of the world, religions must be factors of peace, Brother Alois Leser, prior of the Taize community, told Christian and Muslim young adults from 43 countries.
Some traditional formalities do not ring true with Pope Francis
UPDATED - Pope Francis has made it more than obvious that he does not like people kissing his ring.
Pope to visit Africa in September, Vatican announces
The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis will visit the eastern African nation of Mozambique and the island nations of Madagascar and Mauritius in the Indian Ocean Sept. 4-10.
Pope praises service of Italian missionary sister in Africa
Pope Francis presented the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Cross to an elderly Italian missionary sister who dedicated her life to caring for mothers as a midwife in Congo, delivering more than 3,000 babies.
Becoming a seafarers’ chaplain was not exactly his retirement plan
Deacon Dileep Athaide boards these vessels to offer prayers, rosaries, ship blessings, a listening ear, and a free ride out of the port to a nearby mall or church.
African floods ‘wiped out entire villages’ after cyclone, says Jesuit
More than 2 million people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been affected by a March 14 cyclone that has killed more than 700 people, with hundreds still missing.