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Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM PORTUGAL — After a five-day trip to Portugal, which recently came to terms with its own clerical sex abuse crisis, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church must abandon its practice of covering up abuse and instead be “very open” about how it is confronting the crime. During a news conference […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
LISBON, Portugal — Pope Francis asked the 1.5 million young people who attended World Youth Day to take “what God has sown into your hearts” back to their home countries and build a joyful church that is open to all. Young pilgrims interviewed during World Youth Day constantly returned to the pope’s main point during […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
LISBON, Portugal — Young people were going to confession on street corners and park benches throughout Lisbon during World Youth Day, but in the 150 plywood confessionals set up in Vasco da Gama Garden three of them found themselves face to face with Pope Francis. Donning a purple stole, the pope heard their confessions Aug. […]
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By Hannah Brockhaus
“When you preach the real Christ, not a watered-down Christ, it lights a fire in people,” Bishop Robert Barron said to applause from tens of thousands of young people at a World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday evening. The event, hosted by the U.S. bishops’ conference, culminated in a eucharistic procession and […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
LISBON, Portugal — A Catholic Church that has grown weary in countries shaken by the clerical sexual abuse crisis and cultural trends toward secularism must look anew to Jesus to revive their “restless” enthusiasm for sharing the Gospel, Pope Francis said. “Now is the God-given time of grace to sail boldly into the sea of […]
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Benedictine Sister Raphael (Cecilia) Baker died July 25 at St. Benedict Monastery in Bristow. Sister Raphael was born Feb. 25, 1934, in Lucinda, Pa., as the fifth of eight children to LeRoy and Mary (Richards) Baker. She attended grade school and one year of high school in Lucinda until she entered St. Joseph Monastery in […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
LISBON, Portugal — Arriving at the edge of the European continent for World Youth Day, Pope Francis urged Portuguese officials to return to their maritime roots by setting sail toward new horizons of hope and helping build a Europe “capable of recovering its youthful heart.” “It is my hope that World Youth Day may be, […]
National
By Peter Pinedo
“If you make something beautiful then the Holy Spirit can do what he needs to do,” Danylo Fedoryka, a Ukrainian-American musician and member of the band Scythian, told CNA. Scythian rocked a completely packed house full of over 2,000 Knights of Columbus and their families Monday night, kicking off the Knights’ 141st Supreme Convention in […]
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By Francesca Pollio Fenton
Olivier Giroud, a professional French soccer player and faithful Christian, shared a video message Aug. 1 addressed to 40,000 young French people at World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon, Portugal, during an event called “The Time of the French.” “You 40,000 French people, united by faith in Jesus, how beautiful you are! You who announce the […]
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