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The Millions of Catholics Who Aren't Catholic
Almost one in ten Americans say that they’re Catholic—but that Catholicism isn’t their religion.
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Pope Francis Careful in Navigating Cuban Politics
Revolution Square is the political stage of revolutionary Cuba. Fidel Castro held huge rallies here to castigate the imperialists up north. Looming over the square are immense portraits of the revolutionaries Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos. Into this charged atmosphere on Sunday came Pope Francis...
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Congressman sips from Pope Francis's discarded glass of water
Pope bands? So boring. Pope dolls? So kitsch. In the great panoply of papal merchandise, congressman Bob Brady of Philadelphia may just have clinched the very best: the Holy Father’s glass of water. Pope Francis was sipping from the glass during his speech to Congress on Thursday, and when he made his way out of the chamber he left his drink unattended. That’s where Brady stepped in.
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Pope: Workers have 'human right' to refuse gay marriage licenses
Pope Francis appeared to weigh in on the side of anti-gay-marriage clerk Kim Davis, saying government workers have a “human right” to refuse to carry out a duty if they have a “conscientious objection.” While returning from his visit to the U.S., the pontiff told reporters aboard the papal plane Monday that anyone who prevents others from exercising their religious freedom is denying them a human right.
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Mother Teresa to become a saint
Pope Francis has recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, paving her way to sainthood.
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Hoverboarding priest suspended for forgetting his Ecclesiastes
An unidentified Catholic priest is taking some time to reflect on his decision to ride a hoverboard at the conclusion of Christmas Eve Mass, according to religious news site Aleteia. An official...
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The differences between the Catholic and Orthodox churches
TO A non-Christian, or even to a Christian who prefers to keep doctrine and worship as simple as possible, the Catholic and Orthodox churches can look pretty...
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After 1,000-year split, pope and Russian patriarch embrace in Cuba
Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill embraced and kissed on Friday in a historic meeting, uniting to issue a global appeal for the protection of Christians under assault in the Middle East.
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Revisiting ‘The Power and the Glory’ During Lent
Graham Greene’s 1940 novel was condemned by the Vatican, but its flawed protagonist offers a deeper way to think about faith. By Nick Ripatrazone.
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Pope Vs. Trump Isn't a New Phenomenon
Many years ago, when Oliver North was running for the Senate from Virginia, I received a call from a reporter. She told me that some church groups in the commonwealth were praying for North’s election. Then she asked if their behavior violated the separation of church and state. I explained to her that as separationism is a rule of constitutional law, only the state and not the church can violate it. My answer got on her nerves.
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Pope washes feet of Muslim migrants, says ‘we are brothers’
Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of Muslim, Christian and Hindu refugees Thursday and declared them all children of the same God, as he performed a gesture of welcome and brotherhood at a time of increased anti-Muslim sentiment following the Brussels attacks. Francis denounced the carnage as a “gesture of war” carried out by blood-thirsty people beholden to the weapons industry during an Easter Week Mass with asylum-seekers at a shelter in Castelnuovo di Porto, outside Rome.
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Migrant crisis: Pope returns from Greece with 12 migrants - BBC News
Pope Francis takes 12 Syrian migrants back with him to the Vatican after visiting a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Remembering Daniel Berrigan: A Penniless, Powerful Voice for Peace
Father Berrigan, whose funeral will be held on Friday in New York, opposed war, bigotry and abortion with a distinctly Catholic voice. By Jim Dwyer. (May 5, 2016)
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France church attack: Muslims attend Mass
Muslims across France have attended Catholic Mass in a gesture of solidarity after the murder of a priest on Tuesday. Fr Jacques Hamel was killed in his church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen by two men who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. France's Muslim council, the CFCM, urged Muslims to show "solidarity and compassion" over the murder. "We are all Catholics of France," said Anouar Kbibech, the head of the CFCM. Services were held in Rouen as well as in Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral. "We're very touched," the Archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, told BFMTV.
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Pope Francis says it's 'terrible' children taught they can choose gender
Pope Francis has lamented that children are being taught at school that gender can be a choice, adding that his predecessor, Benedict XVI has labelled current times "the epoch of sin against God the Creator." Francis weighed in with his view on gender and what he said was that of the emeritus pontiff while meeting privately last week with bishops from Poland during his pilgrimage there. The Vatican released a transcript Tuesday of those closed-door remarks.
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Pope urges Christians to save planet from 'debris, desolation and filth'
Pope Francis called on Thursday for concerted action against environmental degradation and climate change, renewing a fierce attack on consumerism and financial greed which, he said, were threatening the planet. A year after publishing the first papal document dedicated to the environment, the pope urged Christians to make the defense of nature a core part of their faith, adding it to the seven "works of mercy" they are meant to perform.
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Catholic Conclave: Pope Benedict attacks the decadence of the Church in Germany
At 8 pm, the Swiss Guards closed the gates of the Pope's summer palace in Castel Gandolfo. Then they left their posts. So they demonstrated on 28 February 2013 that Benedict XVI was now Supreme Pontiff emeritus, a Pope retired. Benedict retired to a convent in the Vatican and vowed to continue to live like a monk and leave the field to the successor. Benedict however cracks open the doors again this Friday.....
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Catholic Church to hold worldwide day of prayer for sex abuse victims
The move was announced after the latest week-long meeting of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in Rome. Established in 2014, the panel suffered a setback earlier this year when one of its members, British abuse survivor Peter Saunders was sidelined after complaining that it was doing nothing to break down a culture of complacency and cover-ups within the Church. And its emphasis on prayer and education is unlikely to appease critics who say the Church remains reluctant to hand paedophile priests over to the judicial authorities.
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Pope calls gender theory a 'global war' against the family
Pope Francis kisses a crucifix as he arrives for a meeting with priests and seminarians in the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. The pontiff is traveling to Georgia and Azerbaijan for a three-day visit. On his second and final day in Georgia before heading to Azerbaijan, Pope Francis on Saturday said he sees a "global war" against marriage in the form of the "theory of gender," which he said seeks to destroy the family not with weapons but with ideas.
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ACLU Files Complaint Against Catholic Health System For Denying Care to Pregnant Woman With Brain Tumor
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan today filed a government complaint against a Catholic health care provider that refused medically necessary treatment to a pregnant woman on religious grounds.
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