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Pope Francis calls for unity among Paraguay's Catholics as he dismisses bishop
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY - After a Vatican investigation, Pope Francis removed a Paraguayan bishop from his post as head of the Diocese of Ciudad del Este because of "serious pastoral reasons."
Pope Francis calls for unity among Paraguay's Catholics as he dismisses bishop
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY - After a Vatican investigation, Pope Francis removed a Paraguayan bishop from his post as head of the Diocese of Ciudad del Este because of "serious pastoral reasons."
Pope Francis calls for unity among Paraguay's Catholics as he dismisses bishop
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY - After a Vatican investigation, Pope Francis removed a Paraguayan bishop from his post as head of the Diocese of Ciudad del Este because of "serious pastoral reasons."
Muslim scholars say Islamic State doesn’t understand Islam
By Lauren Markoe, Religion News ServiceWASHINGTON - More than 120 Muslim scholars from around the world joined an open letter to the “fighters and followers” of the Islamic State, denouncing them as un-Islamic by using the most Islamic of terms.
Barbie as the Virgin Mary? Ken as Jesus?
By Josephine McKenna, Religion News ServiceROME - Barbie has had a number of careers in her 55 years — flight attendant, veterinarian, astronaut, even president. Her latest role, however, is raising eyebrows.
Vatican official calls for shared responsibility in protecting planet
By Catholic News ServiceUNITED NATIONS - A sense of "shared responsibility to protect our planet and the human family" must influence how nations react to the reality of climate change, the Vatican's secretary of state told the United Nations Sept. 23.
Will Catholic bishops annul Pope Francis’ marriage reform initiative?
By Josephine McKenna, Religion News ServiceVATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has appointed a special commission to look at ways to make it easier for Roman Catholics to dissolve their marriages in the eyes of the Church.
Survivors of Albania's dictatorship give witness, move pope to tears
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceTIRANA, Albania - Two survivors of Albania's communist crackdown against the church brought Pope Francis tears with their stories during a vespers service in Tirana's cathedral Sept. 21.
Don't use God as 'armor' for waging violence, Pope Francis says in Albania
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceTIRANA, Albania - In a world "where an authentic religious spirit is being perverted and where religious differences are being distorted and exploited," Albania is an "aspiring example" to everyone that peaceful co-existence is possible, Pope Francis said during a one-day visit to the country Sept. 21.
Time now for reconciliation, Scottish bishops say
By Ian Dunn, Catholic Register SpecialGLASGOW, SCOTLAND - Scotland’s Catholic bishops have urged reconciliation after a long and bruising campaign in which the Scottish people rejected independence in a Sept. 18 referendum.
Tradition, family up for grabs in Egypt
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTwo revolutions and economic collapse, wars and revolutions raging just beyond every border, his people dispersed around the world, the Internet and mass media eroding old certainties — Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak has a tough job.