The Pope called his message “Because of the increase of evildoing, the love of many will grow cold.”
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Pope Francis recognizes martyrdom of ‘Of Gods and Men’ monks
The seven Trappists and 11 other religious men and women were killed in Algeria in the 1990s.
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The Italians are changing the translation of the Our Father, while Germans opt out
ROME (CNS) — After special study, the German bishops’ conference decided to stick with the traditional wording in the Lord’s Prayer while the Italian bishops’ conference has decided to change the words of the prayer in their translation of the Roman Missal. The decisions come after the French bishops decided that beginning early December last […]
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Persecution based on religious belief is unacceptable, pope says
Pope Francis called on the world community to do more to protect the Yezidi minority in Iraq and Syria.
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Pope Francis sends a message to Davos gathering: Protect our planet and defend human dignity
The annual meeting in Davos brought together people representing business, government, academia and media to discuss the theme, “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World.”
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Pope Francis addresses North Korea, says world peace depends on right to life and disarmament
Speaking on the 100th anniversary of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s proposed League of Nations, Francis said today’s leaders can learn two lessons from the ashes of World War I.
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Pope Francis to teachers: Help students to be open to others in a ‘culture of encounter.’
They need to be “capable of caring and tenderness—I am thinking of bullying here—free from widespread fallacies” that claim the only way to be worth anything is “to be competitive, aggressive and tough toward others
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Monks killed in Algeria, depicted in ‘Of Gods and Men,’ will soon be beatified
The decree for their beatification should be published sometime in January, Trappist Father Thomas Georgeon said.
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Pope Francis: Theologians should be ‘faithful and anchored’ to teachings of Vatican II
At Vatican II, the pope said, the church recognized its responsibility to “proclaim the Gospel in a new way.”
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Vatican: 13 priests, 1 religious brother, 1 nun and 8 lay workers killed in 2017
The majority of Catholic Church workers violently killed in 2017 were victims of attempted robberies.