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Priests attend Mass Nov. 9 with Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston in the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston during the third National Assembly of Filipino Priests. Cardinal DiNardo is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (CNS photo/James Ramos, Texas Catholic Herald)

Filipino priests called to walk with fellow immigrant Catholics

Posted by - December 3, 2017
HOUSTON (CNS) — Part reunion, part crash course in Catholic teaching and navigating the current political climate both in the U.S. and back home in the Philippines, and part celebration…
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Pope Francis walks past a group of traditional flag twirlers and musicians during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 22. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

At Mass, Jesus seeks to bring others with him to salvation, pope says

Posted by - December 3, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If people really understood that participating at Mass is witnessing Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection, then maybe they would stop taking pictures, talking, making comments and…
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Lucy, Gemma and Felicity Spencer place ornaments on their family's Jesse Tree. Their parents, Susanna and Mark, put the tree on a small prayer table that they use throughout the year to follow the Catholic Church's liturgical calendar. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)

Living by church’s calendar at home draws families closer to saints, Mass

Posted by - December 3, 2017
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) — Growing up in St. Louis, Susanna Spencer loved her family’s Advent tradition of adorning a Jesse Tree with Old Testament symbols leading up to Christ’s…
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Pope Francis arrives with Bhaddanta Kumarabhivasma, chairman of the supreme council of Buddhist monks, for a meeting with monks of the council at the Kaba Aye pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Buddhists, Christians must reclaim values that lead to peace, pope says

Posted by - December 3, 2017
YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — Christians and Buddhists are called by faith to overcome evil with goodness and violence with peace, Pope Francis said during a meeting with leaders of Myanmar’s…
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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, gives a talk Nov. 14 at The Catholic University of America in Washington on "The Council: A Prophecy that Continues with Pope Francis." After his address, he received an honorary doctorate of theology from the university. (CNS photo/Dana Rene Bowler, The Catholic University of America)

Parolin: Vatican II continues to shape church life, Pope Francis’ papacy

Posted by - December 3, 2017
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Second Vatican Council continues to have an enduring impact on the Catholic Church and on the papacy of Pope Francis, according to the Vatican’s top diplomat,…
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Pope Francis greets members of the Buddhist community during a small informal meeting with a variety of religious leaders Nov. 28 at the archbishop's residence in Yangon, Myanmar. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Uniformity is greater threat to culture than differences are, pope says

Posted by - December 3, 2017
YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) — In a small, informal meeting with a variety of religious leaders, Pope Francis went to the heart of his message for Myanmar: unity, not uniformity, is…
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Pope Francis leads grace before eating lunch with the poor in the Paul VI hall after celebrating Mass marking the first World Day of the Poor at the Vatican Nov. 19. Some 1,200 poor people joined the pope for the meal. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

‘Invest in love,’ pope says on first World Day of the Poor

Posted by - November 26, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People have a basic choice in the way they live: either striving to build up treasures on earth or giving to others in order to gain…
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