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Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Asking God to forgive all people tempted by violence, Pope Francis prayed for an end to the war in Ukraine and the fratricidal killing of both combatants and civilians caught in the crossfire. “Forgive us Lord if we continue to kill our brother. Forgive us, Lord, if we continue to kill our […]
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Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — In a world still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic and starting to feel the threat of nuclear war between Russia and Western nations, Pope Francis said that symbol of Noah and the great flood that wiped out humanity “is gaining ground in our subconscious.” The allure of technological progress to eradicate illness […]
Global
By David Agren
The Vatican called Nicaragua’s expulsion of the Vatican ambassador “grave and unjustified” as the rift deepened between the Catholic Church and the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. In a March 12 statement, the Vatican said the Nicaraguan government “has decided to withdraw the consent (welcome) for Archbishop Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag, apostolic nuncio to Nicaragua […]
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Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a penitential prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica March 25, the Vatican said. On the same day, the Vatican said, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, will carry out a similar consecration at the Shrine of Our Lady […]
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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Russia’s war on Ukraine is leaving cities in ruins and risks destroying relations among the Orthodox churches and between the Russian Orthodox Church and its ecumenical partners. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow has supported President Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine and, for many Orthodox scholars, that support is outrageous, […]
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By Barb Fraze
WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin did not invade Ukraine out of concern that NATO would encroach on his borders, but concern about “the disease of democracy that could spread like a virus, and that’s deadly for oligarchies and authoritarian rulers,” said the archbishop who serves as a “foreign minister” for the Ukrainian Catholic Church. […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Lent is a good time to ask God’s help in throwing off any spiritual “drowsiness” that dulls a person’s prayer life and attentiveness to the needs of others, Pope Francis said. “It is a period in which God wants to awaken us from our inner lethargy, from this sleepiness that does not […]
National
By Carol Zimmerman
WASHINGTON — In a March 11 ruling, the Texas Supreme Court ended a challenge by abortion clinics to a state law that bans most abortions in Texas. The court ruled that state officials, including licensing officials, do not have the ability to enforce the abortion law, which bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, […]
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By Zoey Maraist
Future Catholics prepare to enter the church at Easter.
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By Leslie Miller
When God told Sonja Corbitt he wanted her to learn how to rest, her first response was emphatic. “I am not tired!” But she said, “I realized I was not at rest. Rest in the Bible is not inactivity, the rest is God himself.” Corbitt, Stephanie Burke of the Avila Foundation and Bishop Michael F. […]
