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Catholic leaders: Pope’s call for mercy in Americas reinforces their work
Pope Francis' call for Catholics throughout the Americas "to treat one another with mercy" should reinforce the church's commitment to come together to work with the neediest.
Cardinal sees reason to hope for improved Vatican-Chinese relations
Prayer and "healthy realism" are needed to ensure progress in Vatican-Chinese relations and, particularly, in promoting a situation in which all Chinese Catholics can feel both fully Catholic and fully Chinese, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
Shameful that need for clean water is not a priority, says cardinal
"It is a continuing shame," too, that people's needs "are secondary to industries which take too much and that pollute what remains," said Cardinal Peter Turkson.
Pope tells quake survivors he will visit them ‘as soon as possible’
He wants to go to the ravaged area to "bring you personally the solace of faith, the embrace of a father and brother, and the support of Christian hope," he said.
‘Icon of mercy’: Missionaries superior describes Blessed Teresa
ROME (CNS) — Blessed Teresa of Kolkata was a woman who truly felt wed to Jesus, and the freedom she experienced in loving him led her to radical poverty, a courageous outreach and an immense love for the poor, said the superior general of the order Mother Teresa founded. “She was very happy to be […]
Damascus patriarchs call for lifting of sanctions against Syria
Although "the main goals of imposing these sanctions are political," the patriarchs said, they have affected all Syrian people, "especially the poor and working class, whose ability to provide their basic daily needs such as food and medical care are greatly affected."
For 2017 World Peace Day, pope asks to focus on nonviolence
When nonviolence is the basic approach of political decisions and public policy, it promotes the restoration and consolidation of peace, the Vatican said.
U.S. bishops, Iran religious leaders issue joint declaration
"Christianity and Islam share a commitment to love and respect for the life, dignity and welfare of all members of the human community," said the declaration.
Retired Pope Benedict says it was his ‘duty’ to resign from papacy
After his visit to Mexico and Cuba in March 2012, he felt he was "incapable of fulfilling" the demands of another international trip, especially with World Youth Day 2013 scheduled for Brazil.
Vatican newspaper: ‘Amoris Laetitia’ is authoritative church teaching
While Pope Francis did not invoke his teaching authority in a "definitive way" in the document on marriage and family, it is an example of the "ordinary magisterium" to which Catholics must assent, a theologian wrote.