At Rome’s Basilica of St. Bartholomew, a shrine to modern martyrs, Pope Francis presided over an evening prayer service April 22, honoring Christians killed under Nazism, communism, dictatorships and terrorism.
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Global Catholic population tops 1.28 billion; half are in 10 countries
Looking at the period 2010-2015, the global Catholic population increased by 7.4 percent.
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Pope Francis: Religious leaders must be a model of interfaith dialogue
Religious people must listen to one another and speak to each other as brothers and sisters, the pope said. “Listen and speak softly, peacefully, seeking the path together.”
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‘Common security’ must trump ‘national security,’ Cardinal says
A more Christian, as well as more effective, approach to the global migration crisis would be to move from a concern about “national security” to a concern for “common security,” said Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle.
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On MLK anniversary, Bishop Braxton reminds Vatican panel that racial divide in church continues
“The racial divide in the United States and, sadly, in the Catholic Church in the United States is not something of the past. It is very much something of the present,” the bishop said.
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Cardinal Muller: International development fails when it lacks faith
Without a faith dimension, ideological and political notions of development will fail, even if they have some initial success, Cardinal Gerhard Muller said.
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Pope Francis to children: Promise Jesus you will never be a bully
The pope asked 45,000 children to be silent and reflect on if there were times when they made fun of someone for how they looked or behaved.
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Pope asks for forgiveness for Catholic Church’s role in Rwanda genocide
Pope Francis asked God’s forgiveness for the failures of the Catholic Church during the 1994 Rwanda genocide and for the hatred and violence perpetrated by some priests and religious.
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When the pope talks about immigration, he’s talking about the US, too
When Pope Francis affirms basic Christian principles, he is not singling out one person or nation, but he definitely is not excluding them either.
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Cardinal Burke will preside over trial investigating Guam archbishop
Three men have publicly accused Archbishop Apuron of sexually abusing them when they were altar boys in the 1970s