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Former IBM executive now ministers to the homeless, addicted and trafficked
Mildred Moy created Catholic Street Missionaries after a "conversion experience." The outreach, now an official initiative of the Archdiocese of Vancouver (BC), combines deep spirituality with compassionate action.
Jesus shows that death is not the last word, pope says
Our hope in Christ "does not disappoint," Pope Francis said at a Nov. 3 memorial Mass honoring cardinals, archbishops and bishops who died this past year.
English Catholic, Anglican leaders: Palestinian homeland needed for justice
They used the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, in which Britain declared its support for a Jewish state, to press for a two-state solution to decades of strife between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.
War brings only death, cruelty, pope says at U.S. military cemetery
"No more, Lord, no more (war)" that shatters dreams and destroys lives, bringing a cold, cruel winter instead of some sought-after spring, Pope Francis said looking out at the people gathered for an outdoor Mass at a U.S. war memorial and cemetery.
After Marawi, terrorists remain threat in Philippines, officials say
The historically peaceful Marawi on Mindanao Island in the South was the site of a sustained siege by Islamic State loyalists, who wanted to claim it as an IS caliphate.
Consistently anti-nuke: Pope continues papal pleas for disarmament
Although deterrence is seen by nations as an excuse for possessing nuclear weapons, the Holy See continues a 70-year-old policy seeking "the total elimination of nuclear weapons," said Pope Francis.
Religious from other countries minister to Turkey’s Latin-rite community
Franciscan Father Dominic Ko is the only Korean priest in Turkey but, as a religious from a foreign country, he is not alone. He is one of the 125 Latin-rite Catholic religious from more than 20 nations.
Assassin happy for beatification of Indian Clarist nun
An Indian nun stabbed to death in 1995 will be beatified Nov. 4, and one of those who will celebrate is her assassin.
Catholic leaders welcome more troops in Central Africa, but want weapons
"Armed groups are going around our country, killing and maiming people. Unless concrete action is taken to disarm and resist them, nothing can be achieved," said Bishop Nestor-Desire Nongo-Aziagbia of Bossangoa.
God created human beings to love and be loved, pope says
God's "dream" for human beings is that they would know they are loved by him, that they would love him in return and that they would love one another, Pope Francis said.