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Pope: Patch up family feuds, forgive, let go of painful past
"I think about so many brothers and sisters who are estranged from their families; they don't speak to each other," he said during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square Jan. 27.
English cardinal warns teachers against Islamic State recruitment
It can take just one month to turn a disenfranchised teenage Catholic student into fanatical Islamic terrorist, an English cardinal planned to warn Catholic teachers.
Pope tells Iran’s president he has ‘high hopes’ for peace
While Pope Francis usually asks those he meets for their prayers, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a Shiite cleric, pre-empted the pope's request and said, "I ask you to pray for me."
Children have the right to a mother and a father, Italian cardinal says
With the Italian Senate set to vote on a bill recognizing civil unions, the president of the Italian bishops' conference said the country's bishops are united in reaffirming the rights of children to be raised by both a mother and a father.
Christianity ‘running on fumes,’ Bishop Barron says
Los Angeles Bishop Robert Barron said it's a "disaster" that only 30 percent of Catholics in the United States receive Communion. For the church to retain Catholics and attract new ones, "We've got to be bold."
Pope: Live your faith during Lent, perform works of mercy
"Faith finds expression in concrete everyday actions meant to help our neighbors in body and spirit," the pope said in his message for Lent, which begins Feb. 10 for Latin-rite Catholics.
Pope asks mercy, pardon for ways Christians have harmed one another
"As bishop of Rome and pastor of the Catholic Church, I want to beg for mercy and forgiveness for un-Gospel-like behavior on the part of Catholics against Christians of other churches," the pope said Jan. 25 at a prayer service concluding the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
U.S. priest laments destruction of Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery
"I had the same emotional and perhaps spiritual experience as I did when I was standing over the bodies of fallen soldiers," Father Jeffrey Whorton told Catholic News Service after seeing pictures of the monastery's destruction.
Pope plans to visit Sweden to commemorate Reformation anniversary
Pope Francis "intends to participate" in the joint ceremony to commemorate next year's anniversary, the Vatican press office said in a written communique.
Papal envoy opens eucharistic congress by declaring war on poverty
"The Eucharist calls for ... a third world war against poverty," said Cardinal Bo, "a third world war against the cruelty of dogs getting fed with sumptuous, organic food, while poor children scramble for scraps from the table."