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Rain falls as Pope Francis walks past a statue of Mary and the Christ child as he celebrates Mass adjacent to the airport in Tacloban, Philippines, Jan. 17.

Typhoon survivors grateful Pope braved tropical storm for Mass

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TACLOBAN, Philippines - Among more than 100,000 people who braved an approaching tropical storm and waited long hours to attend Mass with Pope Francis Jan. 17 were survivors of Typhoon Haiyan.

A boy carries a Santo Nino statue in Manila, Philippines, prior to the closing Mass in Rizal Park Jan. 18.

Filipinos bring Santo Nino statues for blessings from Pope Francis

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MANILA, Philippines - The record-breaking papal Mass in Rizal Park coincided with one of the most popular feast days in the Philippines: Santo Nino Day, or the feast of the Holy Child Jesus.

Pope Francis and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, are seen on a big screen during a meeting with families at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines, Jan. 16.

Pope meets with father, uncle of CRS worker killed in Philippines

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MANILA, Philippines - After praying publicly at a youth gathering for the repose of the soul of a Catholic Relief Services worker killed the previous day, Pope Francis met Jan. 18 with her father and her maternal uncle.

Glyzelle Palomar, 12, and Jun Chura, 14, two former street children, walk to their seats after greeting Pope Francis during a meeting with young people at the University of St. Thomas in Manila, Philippines, Jan. 18.

Tears often are only correct response to suffering, Pope tells youths

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MANILA, Philippines - The realities of life described by young people, especially the tearful question of a 12-year-old girl about why God allows suffering, led Pope Francis to set aside the first text he had prepared for a meeting Jan. 18 with the young people of the Philippines.

Fr. Paul Wattson’s first act at Graymoor, N.Y. — where the Society of the Atonement was founded — was to make a cross out of an old cedar tree on the feast of Corpus Christi and carry it up the hill to the chapel, shown on the right.

That the Church may be ‘AT-ONE’

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Fr. Paul Wattson had one great insight that drove him. That single flash of wisdom resulted in missionary projects, pioneering media work, millions of dollars raised for charity, a new religious order, a breakthrough journey from the Anglican tradition to the Catholic Church and, most famously, the Church Unity Octave which grew gradually into the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

Young people hold candles as they participate in an ecumenical Taize prayer service St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 29, 2013.

Prayer for unity embraced across Canada

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The opportunity annually extended to Christians worldwide to be unified in prayer comes this year from Brazil, and it is being embraced in Canada from coast to coast.

Over half of all British Jews fear that they have no long-term future in their country or in Europe due to rising anti-Semitism, according to a new survey.

Majority of British Jews feel they have no future in England, Europe

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CANTERBURY, England - British Jews fear a return to the 1930s and question whether they have a long-term future in this country, according to a survey conducted by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism.

Garrett Busch, CEO of Napa Valley’s Trinitas Cellars, with two wines that honor popes — RatZINger Zinfandel and Cabernet FRANCis.

You can really call this wine ‘vintage Francis’

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NAPA, Calif. - It was a good thing for Trinitas Cellars that Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio took the name Pope Francis, and not, say Pope Malbecius.

Image of St. John Bosco with an iPad depicts his zeal for evangelization by using every means of communication available.

Salesians carry on 200-year legacy of St. John Bosco

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TORONTO - In a west end Toronto neighbourhood, the 200-year legacy of St. John Bosco lives on.

Pope Francis and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, are seen on a big screen during a meeting with families at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines, Jan. 16.

Pope urges end to corruption, which he says keeps people poor

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MANILA, Philippines - In a nation plagued repeatedly by corruption scandals, Pope Francis urged "everyone, at all levels of society, to reject every form of corruption, which diverts resources from the poor."

People hold electric candles during the closing ceremony of a meeting with families, led by Pope Francis at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines, Jan. 16.

Pope tells Filipinos same-sex marriage threatens family

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MANILA, Philippines - Appealing to the traditional values of Filipino Catholic families, Pope Francis made one of his strongest calls as Pope against movements to recognize same-sex unions as marriage.

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