BKERKE, Lebanon (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI urged young Christians in the Middle East not to flee violence and economic insecurity through emigration, but to draw strength from their faith and make peace in their troubled region. The pope spoke to some 20,000 young people from several Middle Eastern countries gathered outside the residence of […]
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Photo Caption: Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the popemobile to celebrate an outdoor Mass on the Beirut waterfront Sept. 16. The pope was wrapping up his three-day visit to Lebanon. By: By Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service BEIRUT (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged the suffering of Christians in the Middle East, reassuring them […]
Continue readingSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS) — A strong earthquake struck northwest Costa Rica Sept. 5, killing at least two people, damaging homes and some Catholic churches, setting off a tsunami warning and rattling nerves. The magnitude-7.6 quake, felt throughout parts of Central America, struck at 8:42 a.m. local time near the small city of Nicoya […]
Continue readingVATICAN CITY (CNS) — The more people love Jesus, the more they will want to spend time with him in prayer; and the more they pray, the more they will resemble him, Pope Benedict XVI said. While God always listens to people’s pleas for help and is always ready to respond, “our prayer must first […]
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Photo Caption: A woman prays at a Planned Parenthood center in Charlotte, N.C. The presidents of Planned Parenthood Action Fund and NARAL Pro-Choice America were to speak at the Democratic National Convention. By: By Stephen C. Guilfoyle / Catholic News Service CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) — Buttons were available at the Democrats for Life of America […]
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Photo Caption: In this Catholic Post file photo, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago celebrates Mass at a statewide Summit for Catholic School Education in Bloomington. By: By Joyce Duriga, Catholic News Service CHICAGO (CNS) — For the second time in his 75 years, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago is facing the cross of […]
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Photo Caption: Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., a Catholic who chairs the House Budget Committee, speaks at Georgetown University in Washington April 26. By: By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service Editor’s Note — We offer this Catholic News Service story from late April for background and discussion following the Aug. 11 announcement of U.S. Rep. Paul […]
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Photo Caption: People for and against the administration’s health care reform law demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington June 28. By: By Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 28 decision upholding the health reform law makes it even more urgent for Congress […]
Continue readingVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholics who act like their faith has nothing to do with daily life and a church structure that is more bureaucracy than service are two impediments to the church’s ability to proclaim faith in Jesus, said the working document for the next world Synod of Bishops. “Every one of the church’s […]
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Photo Caption: Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd as he arrives to lead an encounter outside Milan’s cathedral during the World Meeting of Families in Milan June 1. By: By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service MILAN (CNS) — As tens of thousands of families from all over the world gathered for the World Meeting of […]
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