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African churches work to become more self-reliant for funding
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) -- Although the church in Africa still faces many challenges linked to poverty, it is becoming less dependent on funding from developed countries, say African church leaders.
Women recount the stories of healing through intercession of popes
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- People said Floribeth Mora Diaz was crazy to think Blessed John Paul II interceded with God to heal her brain aneurysm, but if so, "then it is a blessed craziness, because I'm healthy," she told reporters at the Vatican.
Magazine says California birth considered as miracle for Pope Paul VI
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Paul VI, who led the church between the pontificates of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II, may be beatified in October, an Italian Catholic magazine reported.
Vatican: Pope didn’t change church teaching in call to Argentine woman
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Reports that Pope Francis told an Argentine woman civilly married to a divorced man that she can receive Communion "cannot be confirmed as reliable," said Jesuit Father Federico, the Vatican spokesman.
Pope’s homilies help Catholics fight the good fight, Jesuit says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' morning homilies represent a rallying cry and "road map" for today's Christians in their daily journey to grow closer to God, said the Jesuit editor of a new collection of the homilies from the pope's early morning Masses.
Bishop: South Sudan has become ‘the place where God weeps’
(CNS) -- South Sudan's civil war has taken a brutal turn, despite appeals from the country's church leaders to stop the violence.
Holy Fathers: Is being pope a shortcut to sainthood?
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "They call me Holy Father and that is what I must be," the future St. John XXIII wrote in his diary.
In Holy Land, it’s ‘I am Christian’; denominations aren’t so important
JIFNA, West Bank (CNS) -- Suheir Saliba was running late as she prepared to go to the Easter Divine Liturgy with her husband, Aimad Kamal, and his family.
Pope sends Easter eggs to sick children, gifts to the homeless
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis donated 150 brightly wrapped chocolate Easter eggs to children at a pediatric hospital near the Vatican. He also had 200 food packages delivered to poor families, and gave homeless people a signed Easter card in an envelope with money.
Share Easter’s ‘unconditional, faithful love’ with others, pope says
In his Easter message to 150,000 people in Rome, Pope Francis prayed that the risen Lord would "help us to overcome the scourge of hunger, aggravated by conflicts and by the immense wastefulness for which we are often responsible."