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Maintaining identity, Eastern Catholics help whole church, bishops say
Eastern Catholic bishops of Europe examined "the challenges of the pastoral care of the Eastern Catholic faithful who migrate to Western countries and, often, to places where they find themselves without their own pastors."
Final resting place: Vatican releases instruction on burial, cremation
Professing belief in the resurrection of the dead and affirming that the human body is an essential part of a person's identity, the Catholic Church insists that the bodies of the deceased be treated with respect and laid to rest in a consecrated place.
Dialogue is expression of mercy, respect, love, pope says
Good relations between husbands and wives, parents and children, employees and bosses, he said, require one "to listen, explain with meekness, don't bark at the other, don't yell, but have an open heart."
Pope expresses shock over cruelty waged against innocent Iraqis
"Our hearts are shocked by the heinous acts of violence that for too long have been perpetrated against innocent citizens, whether they be Muslims, whether they be Christians, or people belonging to other ethnic groups and religions."
Pope tells Jesuits to walk to peripheries, be open to future
Pope Francis, speaking both as pope and a Jesuit, asked members of the Society of Jesus to continue to journey to where Christ is most needed, and always ask God for consolation, compassion and help in discernment.
Manila Archdiocese launches drug rehab program emphasizing healing
"We seek healing justice, not revenge, because only justice heals," the Philippine Daily Inquirer quoted Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle saying during his homily. "Revenge wounds all the more."
Fighting over liturgy distorts purpose of Mass, papal liturgist says
When a choir director and parish priest differ over liturgical music, the choir should follow in good faith the wishes of the priest for the sake of unity, said the papal liturgist.
Papal summer residence opens to the public for the first time
Pope Francis "wanted this place -- so rich in history and so significant -- to be a gift for the people," Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vatican Museums, said Oct. 20 at the grand opening of the papal apartment.
Christian thinkers call for a politics of ‘localism’
"Any healthy populism has to be grounded in the particular, in the love of one's neighbors, of one's town, of one's community, and it's a defense of that community, of those neighbors, against remote rule," Bill Kauffman explained.
Two popes, one mission: Cardinal looks at papal ministry
Although with different personalities and different tones, the papacies of both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI focus on proclaiming the Gospel in a world that seems to confuse truth and lies, goodness and evil, said Cardinal Gerhard Muller.