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Year: 2017

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Situation for Iraqi refugees in Jordan ‘critical and dangerous’

March 2, 2017 Caroline

AL-UM-KUNDUN, Jordan—Catholic leaders have expressed concern for tens of thousands of Iraqi Christian refugees sheltering in Jordan as access to international aid tightens with crises deepening in the Middle East and elsewhere. “The situation of […]

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Papal academies: Bigger threat to planet is greed, not population growth

March 2, 2017 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—Increasing threats against biodiversity, unsustainable use of the earth’s resources and accelerated extinction rates are driven more by overconsumption and unjust wealth distribution than by the number of people on the planet, a Vatican […]

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The parable of Lazarus reveals important lessons for Lent

March 2, 2017 Caroline

Watch the video about the Lenten message from Pope Francis and the path of sincere conversion that leads to true happiness and eternal life with the Father.

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Use 40 days of prayer, fasting, almsgiving to ‘jump-start’ faith

March 2, 2017 Caroline

WASHINGTON—Lent, the 40-day period before Easter, is often viewed as a time to give up something and go without meat on Fridays. But a glance at almost any Catholic parish bulletin during Lent will reveal […]

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What about suicide?

March 2, 2017 Sister Pamela Smith, SSCM

During my years in Michigan, the notorious Dr. Jack Kevorkian actively promoted assisted suicide. He periodically delivered bodies to a hospital in Pontiac, minutes away from the campus where I lived. The local press wavered […]

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Ash Wednesday marks start of Lent with sign of penitence

March 1, 2017 Caroline

ROME—Lent is a time to receive God’s breath of life, a breath that saves humanity from suffocating under the weight of selfishness, indifference and piety devoid of sincerity, Pope Francis said. “Lent is the time […]

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Abuse survivor quits papal body, citing Vatican resistance to implement recommendations

March 1, 2017 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—One of the founding members and the last remaining abuse survivor on the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors has quit over what she described as resistance coming from Vatican offices against implementing […]

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Lent calls people to hope and new life, pope says

March 1, 2017 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—Like the people of Israel freed from the bondage of slavery, Christians are called to experience the path toward hope and new life during the Lenten season, Pope Francis said. Through his passion, death […]

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Don’t worry how it’s spent, always give homeless a handout, pope says

March 1, 2017 Caroline

VATICAN CITY—People who don’t give money to the homeless because they think it will be spent on alcohol and not food should ask themselves what guilty pleasures they are secretly spending money on, Pope Francis […]

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St. Anne drawing praise for K-12 format and strong courses

February 28, 2017 Christina Lee Knauss | The Catholic Miscellany

ROCK HILL–St. Anne School is in the middle of a serious growth spurt, and school leaders couldn’t be happier. Principal Shaileen Riginos said the school averaged about 270 students when she started there six years […]

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