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Pope francis accepts a gift from Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory, during a May 12 scientific conference at the Vatican titled "Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Space-Time Singularities." (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Vatican conference unites science and religion’s search for truth

Posted by - May 13, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Science and religion are not at odds but are united in the continuing search for truth in unlocking the mysteries of the cosmos. The scientific conference…
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A Massive Ordnance Air Blast, also known as MOAB or Mother Of All Bombs, is pictured in this undated handout photo. Pope Francis told Italian students May 6 he was shocked when a massive U.S. bomb used in Afghanistan was referred to as "the mother of all bombs." (CNS photo/handout via Reuters)

Struggle against the ‘culture of destruction,’ pope tells teens

Posted by - May 13, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told Italian students he was shocked when a massive U.S. bomb used in Afghanistan was referred to as “the mother of all bombs.” “They…
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New Swiss Guards march after the swearing-in ceremony for 40 new recruits at the Vatican May 6. New recruits are sworn in every year May 6, the date in 1527 when 147 Swiss soldiers died defending the pope. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Devil, not invaders, biggest enemy at hand, pope tells Swiss Guard

Posted by - May 13, 2017
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Be ready with the spiritual weapon of faith because the biggest battle facing the Swiss Guard today is fighting the devil and worldly vices, Pope Francis…
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