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VATICAN CITY -- Liberating the poor, the oppressed and the persecuted is an integral part of what God wants his church to do, Pope Francis said.
"In order to set free those who today are oppressed, rejected and...
Today's Readings from the USCCB:
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/030818.cfm
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"A devout life, above all things, is a life that is sweet, happy and amiable." - St. Francis de Sales
"God loves those who find joy in giving." - St. Pope John Paul II
"One...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Events around the country are marking National Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14. It's the fifth annual celebration of women religious taking place during National Women's History Month.
The weeklong celebration is intended to honor the nation's 45,605 women...
BALTIMORE -- A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that President Donald Trump acted legally in ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, saying "the decision to wind down DACA in an orderly manner was rational."
In a 30-page...
WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's leading Jewish philosopher urged the Catholic Church to condemn a wave of anti-Jewish feeling, sparked by a new law on responsibility for Holocaust crimes.
"We have not witnessed such anti-Jewish outbursts for a long time; people...
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WASHINGTON -- In the advent of Pope Francis' fifth anniversary in the papacy, a new Pew Research poll of U.S. Catholics shows their regard of the pope is, for the first time, colored by their political leanings.
The...
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ROME -- Blessed Paul VI will be declared a saint in late October at the end of the Synod of Bishops on youth and discernment, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
After mentioning the late...
Today's Readings from the USCCB:
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/030718.cfm
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"Your faith will grow only in the measure that you give it away."
—Bishop Robert Barron
"Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is...
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ROME -- The Catholic Church and Catholic agencies that work with migrants and refugees around the world are called to educate, advocate and seek alternative host countries in the face of a growing "refusal to welcome" newcomers,...
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VATICAN CITY -- Christians must let go of resentments and forgive those who have wronged them so that they may experience God's forgiveness, Pope Francis.
This can be particularly difficult when "we carry with us a list of...