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VATICAN CITY — Highlighting the role cardinals play in assisting the pope to govern the church, Pope Francis has given the newest group of cardinals their assignments as members of Vatican congregations and councils.
VATICAN CITY — If Christians forget to remember in prayer people who are suffering, their prayer can become a superficial activity that feeds their ego rather than seeking the good and well-being of others, Pope Francis said.
Half-baked comedy in which a Mexican aviation executive (Luis Gerardo Mendez), embittered by the fact that his father (Juan Pablo Espinosa) — to whom, as a child (Ian Inigo), he was extremely close — abandoned him and his mother (Bianca Marroquin) after emigrating to the United States, finds his relationship with his fiancee (Pia Watson) marred by his resulting lack of empathy.
This follow-up to the 2013 original is a spirited, fun-filled animated comedy suitable for almost all ages. A Stone Age couple (voices of Nicolas Cage and Catherine Keener) and their three children (voices of Emma Stone, Clark Duke and Kailey Crawford) join a teenage boy (voice of Ryan Reynolds) on a perilous quest for a safe haven.
WASHINGTON — The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, forest fires, hurricanes, wars and other events this year have hit the world's economies hard, leaving many unemployed and unable to pay for rent and even food.
WASHINGTON — The "gravity" of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and "the lack of availability of alternative vaccines," are "sufficiently serious" reasons to accept the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, the chairmen of the U.S. bishops' doctrine and pro-life committees said Dec. 14.
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated the Mass for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Our Lady of Angels Church in Woodbridge Dec. 11.br />br />
WASHINGTON — Calling the Dec. 10 federal execution of Brandon Bernard an injustice carried out by the country's criminal justice system, Sister Helen Prejean urged Americans to speak up to stop a series of upcoming executions in the final weeks of the Trump administration.
"The Vatican Christmas Cookbook" by David Geisser and Thomas Kelly. Sophia Institute Press (Manchester, New Hampshire, 2020). 192 pp., $34.95.
VATICAN CITY — The image of baby Jesus nestled in the manger is a much-needed reminder during the pandemic that God gives the world the gift of hope in troubled times, Pope Francis said.
