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Chaplain religious education instruction to inmates in a Florida prison. (CNS photo/Daron Dean)
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“The church in the United States has a moral and ethical imperative to protect human dignity and must address the problem of mass incarceration in our nation,” the leaders of Christian Churches Together in the U.S.A. said in a statement issued on Feb. 7 in Newark, N.J. The coalition incl
THE FRIENDLY CARDINAL. German Cardinal Walter Kasper in St. Peters Square last year.
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Cardinal Kasper says church could in very specific cases tolerate a second union.
Pope Francis greets Pittsburgh bishop during general audience at Vatican. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
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In a speech to the Congregation for Bishops, Pope Francis said bishops should act not like ambitious corporate executives but as humble evangelists and men of prayer, willing to sacrifice everything for their flocks. “We don’t need a manager, the C.E.O. of a business, nor someone who sha
Woman with children pack what is left of their belongings following attack in Nigeria. (CNS photo/Reuters)
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Nigeria is in a state of shock after the killing of 59 students at a government-run college by Boko Haram Islamic militants in the northeastern state of Yobe during the night of Feb. 25. Two days later another attack on a village claimed 12 more lives. During the school attack, the militants spared
Wissam Akiki
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Father Wissam Akiki became the first married man to be ordained a priest for the U.S. Maronite Catholic Church on Feb. 27 at St. Raymond’s Maronite Cathedral in St. Louis, Mo. • Thousands lined up at the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus on Feb. 24 in hope of receiving one of
ELEVATION. Cardinal Chibly Langlois of Les Cayes, Haiti, greets guests after he was made a cardinal by Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica on Feb. 22.
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As some 150 cardinals from around the world gathered with Pope Francis to talk about the family, their two days of discussion focused particularly on three points: the Christian vision of people and family life, essential pastoral programs to support families and ministry to divorced and civilly rem