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Sound of music: Vatican offers ordinary choirs extraordinary venues
Chris Hubbard said he wanted the children, teens and adults he taught or directed "to branch out, experience music in a different light and use the gifts given to us."
Jesuits denounce threats against outspoken Honduran priest, activists
"This is an attempt to create terror in the people as a strategy to demobilize them," said the statement, signed by Father Roberto Jaramillo, conference president. "
Pope to hear from indigenous about ministry, land rights in Chile, Peru
Pope Francis' weeklong trip to Chile and Peru in January will take him to two regions that are among those countries' poorest, where environmental issues and demands for indigenous land rights have led to sometimes-violent conflict.
Catholic program for abandoned babies may have saved Edmonton newborn
A healthy baby was dropped off at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital in Edmonton within the past six months under the Angel Cradle program that lets parents anonymously leave a baby in a cradle within a doorway.
Don’t confess other’s faults, own up to sins, pope says at audience
Recognizing one's own sins prepares a person to make room in his or her heart for Christ, the pope said. But a person who has a heart "full of himself, of his own success" receives nothing because he is already satiated by his "presumed justice."
Congo’s church leaders shocked after 8 dead in anti-Kabila protests
UPDATED - The Dec. 31 protest against rule by President Joseph Kabila was organized by the Kinshasa archdiocesan lay coordination committee. At least a dozen priests were among those detained.
Bishop Bambera urges prayers for peace after attack on Coptic Christians
The attack began just as Mass ended at the Mar Mina church in the southern Cairo suburb of Helwan. Some people took shelter in an adjacent stationery store.
Gospel message of hope often is taught by the poor, cardinal says
In his ministry as archbishop of Manila and in his travels for Caritas Internationalis, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said he is reminded of the true meaning of hope by people living in situations the world would see as hopeless.
For New Year, pope urges help for refugees, respect for life
Pope Francis began the New Year praying the world would demonstrate a marked increase in solidarity and welcome for migrants and refugees.
Pope prints postcard illustrating the horror of war
In an unusual move late Dec. 30, the pope had the Vatican press office and Vatican media distribute a copy of a famous photograph from the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.