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South Sudan Vice President Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior reacts as Pope Francis kneels to kiss her feet April 11, 2019, at the conclusion of a two-day retreat at the Vatican for the African nation's political leaders. The pope begged the leaders to give peace a chance. (CNS photo/Vatican Media via Reuters)

South Sudan’s Christian leaders say papal kiss is message of Easter

Posted by - April 28, 2019
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — Pope Francis’ surprise kiss on the feet of South Sudanese political leaders is the message of Easter, the country’s Christian leaders said in a joint Easter…
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A Ray of Mercy

Posted by - April 28, 2019
God’s Gift of Remedios Palacios Castro    In World War I Saipan was seized by Japan from Germany by October 1914.  Following that war, Saipan was placed under the Japanese…
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Pope Francis greets people during an audience with students and staff from Ennio Quirino Visconti Lyceum-Gymnasium, a school in Rome, at the Vatican April 13, 2019. The pope encouraged high school students to break their phone addiction and spend more time on real communication and moments of personal reflection. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope urges students to fight their addiction to phones

Posted by - April 21, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told high school students to break their phone addiction and spend more time on real communication with others and in moments of quiet, personal…
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Flames and smoke billow from the Notre Dame Cathedral after a fire broke out in Paris April 15, 2019. Officials said the cause was not clear, but that the fire could be linked to renovation work. (CNS photo/Benoit Tessier, Reuters)

Blaze erupts at Paris’ iconic Notre Dame Cathedral; cause unknown

Posted by - April 21, 2019
PARIS (CNS) — A major blaze engulfed the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral April 15, sending pillars of flame and billowing smoke over the center of the French capital. The fire…
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Pope Francis accepts a gift from Bishop Enrique Benavent Vidal of Tortosa, Spain, during an audience with members of the Confraternity of Nuestra Senora de la Cinta (Our Lady of the Ribbon) from Tortosa, at the Vatican April 12, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope: In a divided world, Christians must treat all as brothers, sisters

Posted by - April 21, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Treating all other people as brothers and sisters “is not fashionable now,” Pope Francis said, but it is a clear “calling card” of a Christian. “We…
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