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Chilean cardinal urges people to change their ways to dispel fear
Under strong security measures, Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello led the traditional ecumenical "Te Deum" service Sept. 18 to celebrate Chile's national holidays and urged people to change their ways to dispel fear.
Pope to bishops: Guard the faith, build hope, love sinners as they are
Today's bishops must be as vigilant and courageous as sentinels keeping watch over the faith, and as forgiving and patient as Moses, leading a sinning people across harsh deserts to God, Pope Francis said.
Pope’s advisers begin makeover of Vatican bureaucracy
The C9, a papally appointed group of nine cardinals, met this week with Pope Francis and began to write a document in order to reform the Vatican's organization and church governance.
Cardinal nixes Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics
In a book coming out just before October's extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family, Cardinal George Pell rules out proposed changes to church practice that would allow divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to receive Communion.
Southern Africa: AIDS has left families headed by kids, grandparents
With the highest levels of HIV prevalence globally, southern African countries have seen families torn apart by AIDS, with children left to raise younger siblings and sick children left in the care of elderly grandparents.
At wedding, pope says spouses make each other better men and women
Presiding over the wedding of 20 couples in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis celebrated marriage as the union of a man and woman playing complementary roles during their common journey through life.
Troubled by war, pope recalls its shocking legacy of indifference
Pope Francis asked when will people learn that war is madness, and that its root is an attitude of, "What do I care?"
Senator earns bishop’s ire for comments at summit on Mideast Christians
After U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz told participants of the In Defense of Christians summit Sept. 11 in Washington that Christians in the Middle East have no better ally than Israel, he was booed, then walked off the stage. "Christians don't ally themselves to any state," said Maronite Bishop Gregory Mansour.
East Jerusalem tour heightens U.S. bishops’ awareness of complexities
U.S. bishops visiting the Holy Land said an on-the-ground tour and briefing about the situation in East Jerusalem heightened their awareness of the settlement issue in the divided city.
Vatican says pope will visit Turkey in November
The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis is planning to visit Turkey "in the last days of November," but said the length of his trip and his agenda in the country have yet to be determined.