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Pope Francis meets Dec. 14 with organizers and artists who will perform in a benefit Christmas concert at the Vatican. The concert proceeds will be donated to two organizations: Scholas Occurrentes in Iraq and the Don Bosco Mission in Uganda. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Education key to solving migration crisis, pope says

Posted by - December 23, 2018
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the celebration of Christmas draws near, the plight of the Holy Family calls to mind the sufferings of the many men, women and children escaping…
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Father Michael Shields, a priest from the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska, who ministers to Catholics in Magadan, Russia, gestures during an interview with a Catholic News Service reporter Dec. 14 in Washington. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

After 25 years, Alaska priest still loves his Russian Far East mission

Posted by - December 23, 2018
WASHINGTON (CNS) — It has been 25 years and counting, but Father Michael Shields doesn’t have any plans to leave the mission of the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska, in Magadan,…
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The Bethlehem grotto at Washington's Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land features a 14-point silver star with the words "Hic de Virgine Maria Jesus Christus natus est" ("Here Jesus Christ was born to the Virgin Mary"), a direct copy of the one pilgrims touch in Bethlehem and decorated for Christmas in this Dec. 24, 2017, photo. The monastery is a perfect place for those who can't make it to the Holy Land to witness Christmas celebrations in the birthplace of Christ may look like, say Franciscan friars at the monastery. (CNS photo/Rhina Guidos)

U.S. monastery transmits Christmas Holy Land experience to Washington

Posted by - December 23, 2018
WASHINGTON (CNS) — With a diapered baby Jesus doll in her arms, the woman named Mary descended the steps and walked toward an opening marked “Bethlehem” where she put the…
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Christmas Joy Lives On

Posted by - December 23, 2018
By: Julie Anne Loong, for the North Star How can the Spirit, especially in this time of Christmas, remain alive in our tiny islands when something happens and affects the…
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Philippine soldiers use a crane to lift three Balangiga Bells off crates during a turnover ceremony Dec. 11 at Villamor Air Base near Manila. After more than a century, the United States government has returned the three church bells swiped by American forces as war booty from the central Philippine town of Balangiga in 1901. (CNS photo/Rolex Dela Pena, EPA)

U.S. returns church bells to Philippines after more than 100 years

Posted by - December 16, 2018
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — After more than a century, the United States government has returned three church bells swiped by American forces as war booty from the central Philippine town…
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A firefighter places a wreath on a tall statue of Mary overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Rome's firefighters have observed the tradition every year since 1857. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Marking feast day, pope asks Mary’s care of families seeking refuge

Posted by - December 16, 2018
ROME (CNS) — In the heart of Rome, near streets of fancy shops already blinged out for Christmas shopping, Pope Francis prayed for Romans struggling to survive and for families…
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