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VATICAN CITY -- God shows his love, not with great speeches, but with simple, tender acts of charity, Pope Francis said. "When Jesus wants to teach us how a Christian should be, he tells us very little," the pope said,...
OXFORD, England (CNS) -- The Catholic Church in Congo said emergency measures will remain indefinitely in place in parishes at risk of Ebola, and urged effective action against the disease by the government of President Joseph Kabila. "Although Masses are...
SYDNEY (CNS) -- Laws requiring Catholic priests to break the seal of confession in some cases passed the Australian Capital Territory's Legislative Assembly in Canberra June 7. The purpose of the Ombudsman Amendment Bill 2018 was to expand the Reportable...
WILMINGTON – A simple writing lesson for students at St. Ann and Jones Elementary schools became much more than that when the pen pals were able to meet for lunch and fellowship earlier this month. Third-grade students from the Wilmington...
PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) -- It's not unusual for kindergartners to fear bees, but the little ones at St. John Fisher School in Portland flock to a buzzing beehive in their school's library to get a close look at the...
DUBLIN — President Michael D. Higgins of Ireland described the treatment of women and children in state-controlled institutions managed by the Catholic Church as a “deep stain on Ireland’s past.” During an historic ceremony hosted by Higgins and his wife...
WASHINGTON — The bishop of Cleveland said a recent immigration raid at an Ohio gardening and landscape company “makes clear that our current immigration system contributes to the human suffering of migrants and the separation of families.” In a June...
Sports and spiritual life resemble each other in notable ways that caught St. Paul's attention in his First Letter to the Corinthians (9:24-27). In the back of Paul's mind when he urged Corinth's Christians to "run so as to win"...
March Madness went wild over women this year. Two women dominated the craziness -- Arike Ogunbowale of the University of Notre Dame and Loyola University Chicago chaplain Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt. Even for those who watch little national sports (Me!),...
Now that two Catholic schools, the University of Notre Dame and Villanova University, have won the Division I national championships in women's and men's basketball, perhaps it is time to give some thought to what difference a Catholic approach...