Father Donardo “Dandi” Bermejo and his committed cadre of healthcare and aid workers in one of the poorest areas of the Philippines have been contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, deadly …
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By Jay Nies
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11/25/20
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Observing with great concern the social unrest unfolding in the United States, Pope Francis said no one can claim to defend the sanctity of every human life while turning a blind eye to racism and …
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By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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6/3/20
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A lifelong Catholic scholar and historian offers the following photos and recollections from his visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in …
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By Edward Bode
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4/16/20
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In a dark and nearly empty St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis blessed a fire, …
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By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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4/13/20
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The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is not God’s judgment on humanity, but God’s call on people to judge what is most important to them and resolve to act accordingly from now on, Pope …
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By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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3/27/20
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The website of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has created a special link on its website to a page offering various resources for the nation’s Catholics as they weather the ongoing …
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Catholic News Service, Washington, D.C.
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3/26/20
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Pope Francis said he will grant a plenary indulgence to the faithful who watch or listen to his extraordinary blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) at 6 p.m. Rome time March …
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By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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3/26/20
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Bishops from throughout the world gave high marks to Pope Francis’ new apostolic exhortation “Querida Amazonia,” taking note of the care with which it was crafted to include the …
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By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service, Washington, D.C.
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2/19/20
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Feb. 12 was the 15th anniversary of Sister Dorothy Stang’s assassination in the Amazon region of Brazil. The U.S.-born nun is remembered as a crusader for the poor and the landless and for her …
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By Lise Alves, Catholic News Service, Sao Paulo
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2/19/20
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Like so many of Pope Francis’ teachings and major documents, his apostolic exhortation on the Amazon is built on a call for conversion — a new way of seeing, thinking and …
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By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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2/19/20
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Pope Francis released his document on the Amazon region on the 15th anniversary of the assassination in Brazil of U.S. Notre Dame Sister Dorothy Stang, a missionary who defended the poor and the …
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By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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2/19/20
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Pope Francis acknowledged the serious shortage of priests in remote areas of the Amazon, but he insisted not all avenues have been …
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By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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2/19/20
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Pope Francis said he dreams of an Amazon region where the rights of the poor and indigenous are respected, local cultures are preserved, nature is protected, and the Catholic Church is present and …
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By Cindy Wooden Catholic, News Service, Vatican City
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2/19/20
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Saying the world has much to learn from Amazonian indigenous peoples, Pope Francis declared the Catholic Church their ally in their struggle to protect the region’s forests and rivers.
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By Barbara J. Fraser, Catholic News Service, Lima, Peru
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2/19/20
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Pope Francis said remembering the millions of men, women and children who perished in the Holocaust is a call for the world today to reflect and commit to not repeating the atrocities of the …
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By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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1/27/20
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A U.S. Air Force chaplain from Camdenton serving in Alaska is spending this week in the Tropics, assisting with a massive humanitarian operation.
Father Nicholas Reid traveled to Guam to take part …
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By Jay Nies
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12/12/19
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The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is not a “referendum” on priestly celibacy; it is looking for ways to provide for the sacramental life and formation of the people there, U.S. Cardinal …
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By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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10/24/19
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Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna said that as a European member of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, his first task is to listen and his second task is to examine ways his lifestyle …
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By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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10/24/19
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The patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church pleaded for “immediate and lasting peace in northeastern Syria and the preservation of innocent lives, especially for Christians, who are the …
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Catholic News Service, Rome
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10/24/19
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Pope Francis and members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon repeatedly vowed to support, defend and accompany the region’s indigenous people.
But a few hours after having a special …
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By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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10/24/19
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