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Pope calls for aid for DR Congo amid Ebola epidemic (CWN)
At the conclusion of his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Leo XIV called for aid for the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid the Ebola epidemic there.
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Head of Armenian Apostolic Church on trial for refusing to reinstate bishop (Forum 18)
In a sign of extraordinary Church-state tensions in Armenia, the head of Armenian Apostolic Church (CNEWA profile) and six other bishops are on trial for defying a court order to …
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‘Jesus calls us to give a personal response,’ Pope tells pilgrims (CWN)
Reflecting on the Gospel reading of the day (Matthew 16:13-20), Pope Leo XIV encouraged pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus address (video) to ponder Christ’s question, …
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The Democratic blue wave is getting taller
In the midterm, will there be a blue wave that carries the Democrats into the majority in the House and, less likely, the Senate? Michael Sean Winters says that question …
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With haircuts and health care, Catholic nun ministers to Santa Barbara’s poor
In her cosmetology and health ministry, Daughter of Charity Sr. Oanh Tran restores clients’ dignity, cutting like a surgeon through matted hair, washing and sometimes mending their feet, and listening …
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Podcast: ‘The Special Olympics is a peacemaking movement,’ says Tim Shriver
On this week’s episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” John Dear hosts Tim Shriver, chairman of the Special Olympics International Board of Directors.
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Pope, in Rimini, pays tribute to Communion and Liberation’s heritage, calls it to embrace synodal renewal (CWN)
Following his visit to the nation of San Marino on August 22, Pope Leo XIV made a pastoral visit to the Italian city of Rimini, where he addressed the Meeting …
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Follow Christ and be active in the Church’s life, Pope tells poor, disabled in Rimini (CWN)
In a brief address in Rimini Cathedral, Pope Leo XIV encouraged people who are disabled, poor, or sick to encounter Jesus Christ and take an active part in the life …
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Christ is the greatest gift we can offer others, Pope tells Church in San Marino (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV concluded his brief visit to the nation of San Marino by calling on the Church there to emphasize the centrality of Christ.
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Unbroken: News from the Church in China
Chinese Catholics attend Mass at Beijing’s East Church. (Credit: Whitworth University China Christianity Collection, Harriet Cheney Cowles Memorial Library) Sitting in the room with Chinese priests and nuns is always …