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Prominent Catholic doctor: U.K. group conducting sham poll on euthanasia
Dr. Dermot Kearney, CMA president, said the Royal College of Physicians was guilty of "gerrymandering" and of organizing a "sham" survey so it could ditch its traditional opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Vatican’s China policy not a competition between two sides, says official
The Catholic Church's process of reconciliation and rapprochement in China is not a "competition or who is right, but of brothers and sisters in the faith, who all find themselves in a common house," said Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
True belief leads to respect, peace, pope says at interreligious meeting
Addressing the interreligious Human Fraternity Meeting in Abu Dhabi Feb. 4, Pope Francis said all those who believe in one God also must believe that all people are their brothers and sisters and demonstrate that belief in the way they treat others, especially minorities and the poor.
Pope to politicians: Defend the unborn as cornerstones of common good
Appealing to the world's leaders and policymakers, Pope Francis called for protecting the unborn and seeing these new lives as people who will bring new beginnings and hope for the future.
Arabian Peninsula has ancient Christian heritage
Christians worshiping there today have their antecedents in churches and monasteries hailing from the earliest times of Christianity. St. Paul ministered in Arabia, as recorded in the New Testament.
Pope arrives in Abu Dhabi, praying for nearby Yemen
The sun had set long before Pope Francis arrived in Abu Dhabi Feb. 3, but Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince, and Egyptian Sheik Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar, still went to the airport to welcome him.
New Iraqi archbishop: Rebuilding of Mosul must include hearts and minds
One of the most important challenges facing his new mission, Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa told Catholic News Service, is "to give hope to our families -- all Christian families, not only Chaldeans -- to come back to Mosul."
Women religious openly discuss harassment, abuse, rape of nuns by clergy
Galvanized by the #MeToo movement and the sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, an era is ending in which Catholic women religious were silent victims of sexual abuse by priests and bishops.
Church must take clerical abuse of women seriously, editor says
The editor of the Vatican newspaper's women's magazine believes "the veil is being lifted" on the once-taboo topic of sexual abuse and exploitation of women in the church. It's about abuse of power, not sex, she argues.
True love for God leads to compassionate care for others, pope says
"Jesus wants us to touch human misery, to touch his flesh in the flesh of those who suffer in body or spirit. Touch in order to let ourselves be touched" by God, he told members of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God.