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Bishop Patrick Dunn of Auckland, New Zealand, carries flowers to place at Al-Jamie Mosque to memorialize victims of the March 15 mosque attacks in Christchurch. With Bishop Dunn are Brother Brendan Ward, left, rector of Holy Cross Seminary, seminarians and clergy. (CNS photo/Michael Otto, NZ Catholic)

‘Our only hope is in God’: New Zealanders gather to pray after shooting

Posted by - March 23, 2019
Tears flowed during a Mass for peace at St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 16, one day after terrorist attacked two mosques, leaving at least 50 people dead…
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Marcelo Gleiser, a professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., was announced March 19 as the 2019 Templeton Prize Laureate. The Templeton Prize is one of the world's largest annual individual awards and honors a person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery or practical works. Gleiser is pictured in a 2015 photo. (CNS photo/Eli Burakian, Dartmouth College)

Templeton Prize winner believes science, spirituality are complementary

Posted by - March 23, 2019
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (CNS) — A Dartmouth College cosmologist and theoretical physicist, who considers himself a religious agnostic even though he has devoted his career to examining link between science,…
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Pope Francis meets March 9, 2019, at the Vatican with Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The meeting drew great interest from members of both faiths, say religious leaders. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

In Utah, Catholics, Mormons have ‘positive, cordial relationship’

Posted by - March 23, 2019
SALT LAKE CITY (CNS) — The March 3 meeting at the Vatican between Pope Francis and Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, drew…
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Overview of the 90th Year

Posted by - March 17, 2019
Since  March 4, 2018– the 90th anniversary of the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz arrival to Saipan-activities have continued to promote their foundress’ Cause for Canonization. On March 21 – the…
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World Youth Day pilgrims from the Dominican Republic pose for a photo Jan. 24, 2019, at a vocations festival in a Panama City park, where they learned what different religious communities have to offer. Answering the Lord's call demands the courage to take a risk, but it is an invitation to become part of an important mission, Pope Francis said March 9 in his message for the 2019 World Day of Prayer for Vocations. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

Answering God’s call demands courage to take a risk, pope says

Posted by - March 16, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Answering the Lord’s call demands the courage to take a risk, but it is an invitation to become part of an important mission, Pope Francis said.…
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Pope Francis hears the confession of a priest March 7, 2019, at Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran. The pope administered the sacrament to several priests during his annual Lenten meeting with the priests of the Diocese of Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope: God is purifying the church with ‘unbearable’ pain of abuse scandal

Posted by - March 16, 2019
ROME (CNS) — The clerical abuse scandal has caused everyone in the Catholic Church “pain and unbearable suffering,” Pope Francis said, but it also is a call to repentance and…
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People dress as "devils" during the "Endiablada" festival in Almonacid del Marquesado, Spain, Feb. 2, 2018. When facing temptation, Christians should follow Jesus' example by not engaging in fruitless talk with the father of lies, Pope Francis told pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for his Sunday Angelus address March 10. (CNS photo/Sergio Perez, Reuters)

Don’t waste time talking to the devil, pope says at Angelus

Posted by - March 16, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When facing temptation, Christians should follow Jesus’ example by not engaging in fruitless talk with the father of lies, Pope Francis said. When responding to the…
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