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Pope Francis will visit Philadelphia in September for the World Meeting of Families.
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Organizing for the World Meeting of Families and the visit by Pope Francis to Philadelphia in September has taken a major step forward with the announcement of the 15 committees and leadership charged with spearheading operations in hospitality, liturgy, volunteers and more.Executives for the events
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the announcement that Pope Francis would visit the United Nations the morning of Sept. 25 to address the U.N. General Assembly.In a statement March 18, the United Nations also said the pope would meet separately with the secretary-general and with the pres
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"Her life of service to the Catholic press, the USCCB and the church is...a model for all."
Bishop John C. Wester
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Debate over the death penalty and a proposal to reinstate a firing squad in Utah "seems to suggest growing recognition among legislators of the precarious place any state occupies when it tries to take on a role best left to God," said Bishop John C. Wester."At its core, the death pen
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The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been unable to confirm the number of its members abducted in Syria, as well as where they are being held."We're waiting for news," Helene Afriat, communications officer for the International Confederation of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in P
Archbishop Silvano Tomasi
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The Catholic Church firmly opposes the death penalty and urges all states to move toward its abolition, said the Vatican's permanent observer to United Nations agencies in Geneva."My delegation contends that bloodless means of defending the common good and upholding justice are possible and
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Four nationally circulated Catholic publications called for abolishing the death penalty in the United States in a jointly published editorial.America, National Catholic Register, National Catholic Reporter and Our Sunday Visitor urged their readers, the U.S. Catholic community and people of faith t
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San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is forming a committee of theology teachers from the archdiocesan high schools to expand and adjust the language of proposed statements on Catholic teaching on sexual morality and religious practice to be included in the faculty and staff handbooks of
At a camp for Internally Displaced People in Bangui in May 2014 (Kevin Clarke)
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Pope Francis' planned visit to Bangui will be a "sign of divine goodness"
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Dozens of Assyrian Christians were abducted by Islamic State forces during a new offensive against a string of villages in northeastern Syria, aid and civil rights organizations reported.The exact number of people being held was unknown, but Father Emanuel Youkhana, who heads the Christian Aid Progr