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Details released for November trip to Thailand, Japan by Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY -- Peace, interreligious dialogue and respectful missionary outreach will be the top themes when Pope Francis visits Thailand and Japan in late...

Georgia law banning abortion after heartbeat detection put on hold while...

ATLANTA -- A U.S. District Court judge Oct. 1 temporarily blocked a Georgia law that would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected,...

Guatemalan Cardinal-designate Ramazzini says his remarks are based on what he...

HUEHUETENANGO, Guatemala — Cardinal-designate Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri offered prayers for Central American migrants Sept. 29, while celebrating Mass on World Day for Migrants and...

Wisconsin woman wins legal fight to distribute religious valentines on campus

GREEN BAY, Wis. — As long as she can remember, Polly Olsen, 29, said she has handed out heart-shaped cards on Valentine's Day. "Basically since...

Church ‘obsessed’ with caring for poor because it’s ‘who we are’...

NEW YORK -- To those who ask why the Catholic Church seems to be "obsessed" with the poor, the Vatican's secretary of state said,...

Pope Francis: The complement to parrhesia is humility

When Pope Francis encourages dialogue within the church, it isn't "just talk." Rather, he is suggesting dialogue as a part of discernment. Often people think...

What does Pope Francis mean when he calls for ‘parrhesia’?

On a number of occasions over the past six and a half years, Pope Francis has called his listeners to live out the Gospel...

University of Notre Dame forum tackles issue of clergy sex abuse

NOTRE DAME, Ind.  -- The annual University of Notre Dame forum on topics of importance began its 2019-20 season with the difficult issue of...

When it comes to conscience protection for health-care workers, Congress doesn’t...

By RICHARD DOERFLINGER Should doctors and nurses be forced to take part in procedures that violate their conscience? It’s a timely question. New federal regulations...

Vatican tech summit ponders ethics, common good in the digital age

VATICAN CITY -- Robots making human workers obsolete and artificially intelligent computers wreaking havoc on democratic debates are just some of the threats humanity...

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