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LUANDA, Angola — Bishop Vicente Carlos Kiaziku of the Diocese of Mbanza Congo in Angola has decried the reported abduction of children in Zaire province, warning that minors taken away from their families could become vulnerable to exploitation, including organ trafficking, prostitution, and modern slavery.In his homily during Mass at Our Lady of the Conception ... read more

Kuala Lumpur – The repatriation of the Rohingya to Myanmar is once again attracting international attention. In Malaysia, an initial operation to repatriate around 1,500 Myanmar nationals began on September 29, as part of a program that could eventually involve up to 5,000 people. In Bangladesh, however, where more than 1.2 million Rohingya live after ... read more

This should scarcely come as a surprise to anyone, but between Steven Spielberg and myself there is very little in common. Save for the fact that we both happened to have been born in the same year (1946), I cannot think of a single kindred connection. Certainly not in the area of cash, of which ... read more

Soul Seeing: One self-described "people pleaser" reflects on the prayer experience that changed her. ... read more

Church leaders will meet in Rome next week to understand how "The Joy of Love", Pope Francis' 2016 document on divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, has been implemented. ... read more

After a failed attempt to execute death row inmate Christa Gail Pike on Sept. 30, a number of faith leaders have called for her sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment. ... read more

Providing things like food, clothing, medical care and shelter is essential work; and yet our response must not end there. Yolanda Chavez reflects on the Gospel call to examine the causes of suffering and the structures that need to change in response. ... read more

Franciscan Sr. Margaret Carney wrote the libretto for "Francis: An Oratorio in Nine Scenes." Performances with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra are set for Oct. 10 and 11. ... read more

Today the Roman Martyrology includes in commemorations: ... read more

Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court ruled on Sept. 30 to uphold the removal of false social media posts linking conservative Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, a Liberal Party candidate for president, to an alleged initiative to strip Our Lady of Aparecida of her title as the patroness of Brazil. Under the decision reached in the virtual plenary session, ... read more

A statement from the Department of Defense said it "is elevating spiritual readiness as a core element of combat effectiveness with the establishment of the Office of Religious Affairs ..." ... read more

Pope Leo XIV has convened a gathering on the family at the Vatican from Oct. 7–14, during which bishops will listen to the testimony of 11 married couples from five continents.These families will present to more than 150 bishops the challenges they encounter in passing on the faith in increasingly secularized societies.The meeting is being ... read more

The trilateral agreement between the U.S., Denmark and Greenland followed months of President Donald Trump's calls to acquire Greenland for U.S. national security interests, with military force noted as a possible option. ... read more

(See the readings for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time) What is love? According to the Oxford English Dictionary the most frequently referenced meaning is “a feeling or disposition of deep affection or fondness for someone, typically arising from a recognition of attractive qualities, from a natural affinity or from sympathy and manifesting itself in ... read more

Catholic and Anglican leaders said they could not "think of any time in the last 30 years" when the Christian commandment to love God and neighbor "needs to be more urgently heard." ... read more