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U.S.-born Mother Celestine Bottego, founder of the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary, was declared venerable by Pope Francis on Oct. 31 (CNS photo/Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary, Parma)
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Pope Francis is the fourth most powerful person in the world, according to Forbes, which ranks him immediately after the presidents of Russia, the United States and China. • Commissioned by the Irish Association of Catholic Priests, a critical review of the Irish government’s investi
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“Corruption is theft from the poor,” warn the Bishops of the South African Catholic Bishops’ Conference in a pastoral letter released on Oct. 16. Archbishop Stephen Brislin of Cape Town said the issue is especially poignant in a region as poor as southern Africa. “Money diver
Mourners carry coffins of Christian men killed during raid in Syria (CNS photo/Khaled al-Hariri, Reuters)
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The Syrian Christian town of Sadad was taken over by Islamist militias in mid-October, then re-conquered by the Syrian army on Oct. 28. What the army discovered “is the most serious and biggest massacre of Christians in Syria in the past two years and a half,” said Archbishop Selwanos Bo
A 'manifestation' against the legalization of same-sex marriage in France in May 2013
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Bishops around the world are being asked to examine the situation of families under their care.
State of Siege: A federal police officer ready for action atop a vehicle in the Mexican state of Michoacan on Oct. 28
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‘It’s almost as if we’re in a sort of civil war,” the Rev. Andres Larios, pastor at St. James the Apostle Parish said, somberly assessing the increasing lawlessness which afflicts his community. Some in his village of Coalcomán in Mexico’s western Michoacán State have
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The University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education on Oct. 5 launched a bus tour called Fighting for Our Children’s Future, a cross-country effort to raise awareness of the impact of primary school education and the unique contribution of Catholic schools. • Responding t