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Pope Francis speaks during his annual pre-Christmas meeting with top officials of the Roman Curia and Vatican City State and with cardinals living in Rome in the Clementine Hall Dec. 21 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Claudio Peri pool via Reuters)

Curia exists for service, not for glory, pope says

Posted by - December 30, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The people who work at the Vatican and in the Roman Curia are supposed to be “sensitive antennas” that faithfully transmit the desires of the pope…
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Father Gregory Keller, seen here around 1924, served as a parish priest while making inventions for his brother-in-law's candy company in Georgia. Father Keller, a native of Little Rock, Ark., had a hand in creating the candy cane, a treat that is especially popular at Christmastime. (CNS photo/Diocese of Little Rock Archives)

Priest’s ‘sweet secret’: He invented machine that ‘hooked’ the candy cane

Posted by - December 30, 2017
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS) — An Arkansas priest-inventor had a hand in creating the candy canes that you know and love this time of year. The history of the candy…
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Reese Buchinger, 12, a seventh-grader at Holy Spirit School in Kimberly, Wis., helps sort items for the food pantry at St. Anthony Parish in Neopit, Wis., Dec. 15. The parish food pantry is located on the Menominee Indian Reservation. (CNS photo/Bob Zyskowski, for The Compass)

Church pantry’s needs take priority over toys for this holiday drive

Posted by - December 30, 2017
NEOPIT, Wis. (CNS) — Not one toy. Bags of flour, boxes of cereal, cans of vegetables, cases of juice, bundles of blankets, bottles of shampoo — they all came off…
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A man prays during a special Advent Mass Dec. 16 for families and friends who are experiencing grief during the Christmas season at Holy Cross Mausoleum in Edmonton, Alberta. Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton told Mass-goers that the birth of Jesus tells the faithful that God loves his people and wants to draw near to them when they experience loss. (CNS photo/Matthew Bodnarek, Grandin Media)

Mass, fellowship helps grieving families recall loved ones at Christmas

Posted by - December 30, 2017
EDMONTON, Alberta (CNS) — When Gina Marini and her family gather for Christmas dinner, they will continue the tradition they started more than two decades ago: leaving an empty chair…
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