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Consecrated Life is a Direct and Tangible Contribution to Building Up of the Body of Christ, says Bishop Boyea
In preparation for the celebration of the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life by the Catholic Church on February 2, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’...
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Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
Anglican, Catholic bishops travel, pray, work together
Pairs of Catholic and Anglican bishops from 27 countries were commissioned by Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby to undertake joint initiatives. The pairs...
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Vatican
Blessings are signs of church's closeness, pope says
Blessings, faith, human dignity and evangelization were the top topics when Pope Francis met with members of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on the last day...
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Love is the only path to Christian unity, pope says
Pope Francis, joined by Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and dozens of other Christian leaders, celebrated evening prayer at the end of the Week of Prayer...
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Pope Francis
Be generous with others; greed is a sickness, pope says at audience
Continuing his series of audience talks about vices and virtues, Pope Francis reflected on the vice of avarice or greed, which is a sin and "a sickness of the heart, not...
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Catholics in the United States Invited to Assist the Needs of Church in Ukraine and Eastern Europe
On Ash Wednesday, Catholics in dioceses across the United States are invited to assist their sisters and brothers in war-torn Ukraine and in 27 other post-Communist...
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Vatican
Spiritual oasis: Year of Prayer a needed rest stop on journey to jubilee
The Year of Prayer is about preparing the groundwork so the Holy Year can spiritually enrich the life of the church and of the people of God, and become a concrete sign...
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Archbishop Gudziak Commends Congress for Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Agreement
The bipartisan enhanced Child Tax Credit agreement is “exactly the sort of policy” that Congress should prioritize, said Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian...
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Reporting on the church should not be 'gossip,' pope tells journalists
Pope Francis told journalists accredited to the Vatican that reporting truthfully on the church is a service to the people of God.
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Bible
Amid 'barrage' of words online and off, listen to God's word, pope says
Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the Sunday of the Word of God and formally installed people in the ministries of lector and catechist.