Catholic News Service
January 14, 2019
Faith is a gift passed on at home, Pope tells parents at baptism
VATICAN – Faith isn't something learned just by studying the catechism but rather is a gift passed on to children by the example of their parents, Pope Francis said.
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Reflections
ROME – Most of the tourists who have tossed coins over their shoulder into Rome's Trevi Fountain over the past 20 years probably did not know that they were helping the city's poor.
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International
LIMA, Peru – Elide Pena, 55, grins when she talks about her favourite Christmas memory: the time when she fell under Santa’s sleigh attempting to grab a toy for one of her grandchildren during a Christmas party in her native Venezuela.
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International
January 11, 2019
Pope Francis' Romania visit to call for unity, focus on common good
VATICAN – Pope Francis will make a three-day apostolic visit to Romania in late May, the Vatican announced.
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International
January 11, 2019
Holy Cross Sisters empower Ugandan women who face domestic violence
KYENJOJO, Uganda – Not all that long ago, family members and residents of this small town in western Uganda mourned the loss of Sarah Baguma, who was stabbed to death by her husband in a domestic wrangle.
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International
January 11, 2019
Recognition of Ukrainian Orthodox Church a chance for new ecumenism
ROME – The formal recognition of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine brings "a wind of hope" that new opportunities will be created for dialogue and concrete cooperation in the search for Christian unity, said the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.
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International
January 11, 2019
Catholic groups tears apart Trump speech about border wall
WASHINGTON – No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his Jan. 8 nine-minute speech, his first such event televised in prime time from the Oval Office, about what he termed a crisis at the border, than Catholic groups and others began tearing apart his arguments.
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International
January 10, 2019
Sister Wendy’s eye for art created a TV star
WASHINGTON – Sr. Wendy Beckett has been widely described as both an unlikely art critic and television star, but that may have been what made her all the more likeable.
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Arts News
January 10, 2019
Congo's bishops dispute official presidential election outcome
KINSHASA – Catholic church leaders in Congo have questioned the official outcome of the Dec. 30 elections, saying the officially published results "do not correspond with the data collected" by the church's 40,000 observers.
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International
VATICAN – By summoning leaders of the world's bishops' conferences and top representatives of religious orders to the Vatican in February to address the abuse crisis and the protection of minors, Pope Francis is sending the message that the need for safeguarding is a global issue.
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International