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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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