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Christian families practice small acts of faith among Muslims, Jews in Israeli village
MUQEIBLEH, Israel (CNS) — Every evening, Suhad Shunnara, 32, reads the Bible to her three sons and kneels with them to say the rosary. On Friday, she and her husband, Fuad, 40, send the children to religion class, and on Saturday, after Mass, they all watch a Christian TV channel together. In this small village […]
Pope: Elderly, sick, unborn, poor are ‘masterpieces of God’s creation’
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As Great Britain and Ireland debate right-to-life issues in current health care policies and legislation, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics there to uphold "the inestimable value of all human life."
Migration, development policies must put people at center, say speakers
UNITED NATIONS (CNS) -- Human-centered migration policy empowers individuals, promotes security and produces the best and most sustainable outcomes for all people involved, according to speakers at a U.N. event July 15.
Pope on the road: Vatican does detailed planning but expects surprises
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While Pope Francis' July 22-28 visit to Brazil has been planned almost down to the minute, the papal spokesman is certain it will be "a bit of an adventure."
Archbishops call Britain’s new same-sex marriage law ‘watershed’
MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- Britain's two leading archbishops said the new same-sex marriage law represented "a watershed in English law and heralds a profound social change."
Pope sends condolences after French WYD pilgrim dies in crash
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis joined French World Youth Day pilgrims in mourning the death of 21-year-old Sophie Moriniere, a member of a Paris WYD group, who was killed July 17 in a road accident in French Guiana.
After train disaster, Quebec church opens doors for impromptu memorials
OTTAWA, Ontario (CNS) -- A Catholic church in Quebec has opened its doors as a place where people can leave pictures of loved ones, flowers and candles in memory of victims of a derailed train whose exploding cars left about 50 dead.
World Youth Day by the numbers: pilgrims, toilets and security patrols
SAO PAULO (CNS) -- As hundreds of thousands of young Catholic pilgrims descend on Brazil, World Youth Day coordinators in Rio de Janeiro are putting the finishing touches on preparations for up to 2.5 million people.
Papal menu planners try to keep it simple yet sweet for World Youth Day
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Sweet and simple: That's the menu plan for Pope Francis when he stays at a church-run residence during his visit to Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day.
Travel firm’s bankruptcy upends World Youth Day pilgrimage plans
GREEN BAY, Wis. (CNS) -- The excitement of attending World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro turned to disappointment for 24 Catholics in the Diocese of Green Bay after learning that the agency overseeing travel arrangements to Brazil claimed bankruptcy June 10.