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Pope Francis meets Dec. 13 with participants in a forum of Catholic-inspired non governmental organizations. Pope Francis urged forum participants, who represented some 100 Catholic organizations, to work together to defend human dignity and promote development. (CNS photo/LÕOsservatore Romano)

Pope urges Catholic groups to work together to defend human dignity

Posted by - December 17, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis encouraged a wide variety Catholic organizations to work together to defend human dignity and promote the full integral development of all people. “I encourage…
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A woman holds a newborn dressed in a onesie at the Holy Land Family Hospital of Bethlehem Nov. 15. Last year Michele Burke Bowe of the hospital's Washington-based foundation, began gathering onesies, the tiny one-piece suits many newborns wear, to give to Bethlehem's newest residents. (CNS photo/courtesy HFH Foundation)

A Christmas clothing drive in Washington helps babies in Bethlehem

Posted by - December 17, 2017
WASHINGTON (CNS) — December, when all eyes are on the baby Jesus, the Holy Land Family Hospital of Bethlehem wants others to think about modern-day babies in the city in…
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Philippine police keep watch as protesters hold signs against martial law extension in Mindanao Dec. 13. Congress approved a request by President Rodrigo Duterte to extend martial law across the region until Dec. 31, 2018. (CNS photo/Rolex Dela Pena, EPA)

Philippine Congress extends martial law in southern Philippines

Posted by - December 17, 2017
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Martial law in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao, originally aimed at quelling a terrorist attack in Marawi in May, has been extended for another year.…
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First Four Missionary Foundations

Posted by - December 17, 2017
After centuries of patient waiting, listening in prayer, the nuns of Berriz (est. 1540) were ready when God gifted them with a missionary call within their call to religious life.…
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