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The Good Word
Terrance Klein
To forget the kingdom to come is to make ourselves at home in the world.
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Lisa Lerer - Associated Press
"Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart," Clinton said.
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Vanessa Gera - Associated Press
"Thank you for your prayer of silence," Rabbi Schudrich told Pope Francis. "Pray for me," the pope responded.
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Kristin M. Hall - Associated Press
"It just felt like this silent struggle," the singer said of her experience. "And there is some pressure, whether it's put on myself or society or whatever, to not talk about it."
A Bru refugee family is seen in Kanchanpur, India on June 18. (CNS photo/Stringer, EPA)
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Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
The think tank will convene a summit in December seeking solutions to the global refugee crisis.
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Richard Szczepanowski - Catholic News Service
"It is almost incomprehensible that today...Muslim extremists are torturing and killing innocent and unarmed Christian women and children," Cardinal Wuerl said.
 Pope Francis blesses a girl during a visit to the Children's University Hospital in Krakow, Poland, July 29. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
At the World Youth Day celebration, Francis tells young people to imitate Christ through the 14 works of mercy.
Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., waves with his wife Anne Holton during the third day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
"I have been for the Hyde Amendment,” Kaine told CNN on Friday. “And I have not changed my position on that.”
FaithDispatches
Jim McDermott
July 31st is known around the world as Harry Potter's birthday.
Pope Francis touches the death wall at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, July 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis walked alone, in silence and painful reflection, through the infamous Nazi concentration camp.
Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives to attend the World Youth Day welcoming ceremony in Blonia Park in Krakow, Poland, July 28. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
A merciful heart, Francis said, is one that “can welcome refugees and migrants.”
Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., takes the stage during the third day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
What is at stake is a significant increase in the already distressingly high number of abortions.
A barbed wire fence frames the prisoners' barracks on July 25 at the Birkenau Nazi concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
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Vanessa Gera - AP
Pope Francis will encounter a deeply emotional story of both betrayal and salvation during a somber visit Friday to the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where some 1.1 million people were murdered, most of them Jews.
Bishops wait for the start of a meeting with Pope Francis at the cathedral in Krakow, Poland, on July 27. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Jonathan Luxmoore - OSV News
Welcoming Pope Francis to the cathedral meeting, Archbishop Gadecki said the pope's task was to "care for the unity, wholeness and inviolability of Christ's teaching."
Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, seen here addressing a crowd in Poland during World Youth Day, expressed concern about Donald Trump's fiery rhetoric (CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard)
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Catholic News Service
"I worry about his rhetoric," said the cardinal in response to the question by a reporter during an interview with Raidio Teilifis Eireann. "It's very easy to stir up resentment and to blame groups of people."
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Lou Baldwin - Catholic News Service
"The service was wonderful, a reminder that we are all people of God," Janet Mills, a Methodist laywoman, said. "I loved the experience. I loved the singing, especially 'Amazing Grace' and 'God Bless America.'"
Pope Francis addressed more than 300,000 Poles in his homily at Mass at the famous shrine of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, which he called “the spiritual capital of the country” (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool).
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Francis spoke to more than 300,000 Poles at the famous shrine of the Black Madonna.
Politics & SocietyExplainer
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The debate over the amendment continues to divide Democrats.
Pope Francis speaks as Polish President Andrzej Duda and first lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda attend a meeting with government authorities and the diplomatic corps in the courtyard of Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, Poland, July 27 (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Francis said there is a need “for great wisdom and compassion” in addressing “the complex phenomenon of migration.”