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Warning against a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and ongoing …
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By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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10/25/23
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A group of young Catholic pilgrims to the Holy Land asked God to keep them safe and lead them home during the recent terrorist attacks in Israel and the nation’s declaration of war.
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By Jay Nies
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10/18/23
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“The Church is taking a break,” Pope Francis said. “It is a break for the whole Church, as we engage in listening,” he told members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops …
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By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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10/11/23
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Pope Francis warns the clock is ticking on the dangers of climate change – and both a paradigm shift and practical action are critically needed to avert looming disasters in nature and human …
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By Gina Christian, OSV News
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10/4/23
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Pope Francis’s representative to this country came and saw the work of Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri, and he talked to the …
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Orlando, Florida, OSV News
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6/21/23
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Missouri lawmakers passed a bill May 10 banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender, as well as a measure blocking transgender …
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By Kate Scanlon, OSV News
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5/25/23
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Two new alternatives to burial and cremation fail to comply with the Catholic Church’s teaching on respect for the bodies of the dead, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee …
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By Gina Christian, OSV News
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3/31/23
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For a decade, even when discussing the internal workings of the Vatican, Pope Francis has insisted the Church is not the Church of Christ if it does not …
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By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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3/16/23
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Therèse Nti wants the world to pay serious attention to what Pope Francis said and did during his Jan. 31-Feb. 3 visit to South Sudan and her homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo …
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By Jay Nies
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3/2/23
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Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell, a native of Ireland who spent most of his four decades as a priest ministering in LA’s inner city, was shot and killed in his Hacienda …
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By Pablo Kay, Los Angeles
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3/2/23
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Father Daniel J. Merz believes Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be remembered as one of the greatest teaching popes in recent history — “probably going back several …
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By Jay Nies
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2/15/23
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Rami Salfiti is afraid that there will be no more Christians living in the Holy Land by the end of this century.
A lifelong resident of the Old City of Jerusalem and a member of that city’s …
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By Jay Nies
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2/15/23
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On behalf of all Catholics in central and northern Missouri, the Diocese of Jefferson City is sending $10,000 to the earthquake relief efforts in Turkey and Syria.
“The Diocese of Jefferson …
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2/15/23
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Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski of St. Louis and Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City offered prayers after three people died following an Oct. 24 shooting at a high school in St. …
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By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service
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10/27/22
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Growing in faith, welcoming outsiders and people who are marginalized, listening with intent to understand, and finding new ways to work together at all levels of the Church.
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By Jay Nies
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8/3/22
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As Russia’s violent monthlong invasion continued to devastate Ukraine, Pope Francis laid the fates of both countries at the feet of Mary in the hopes that peace would finally …
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By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service, Vatican City
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3/25/22
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The following was written by the bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, who is chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on National Collections.
Catholic Relief Services is a …
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By Bishop James S. Wall
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3/18/22
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Bishop W. Shawn McKnight is encouraging people throughout the Jefferson City diocese to continue praying and offering up sacrifices for a peaceful resolution to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in …
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3/3/22
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Various Catholic agencies are collecting donations to aid with the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, as people flee to escape Russian bombing and shelling. Here are some places to donate. This list is …
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Catholic News Service, Washington, D.C.
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2/24/22
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As war broke out in Europe Feb. 24, with Russia's early morning attacks on various parts of Ukraine, Catholics in the U.S. joined Pope Francis in prayers for the people of the East European nation …
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By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service, Washington, D.C.
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2/24/22
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