Nominees nudge numbers toward greater representation
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A Servant for the Suffering in Lampedusa : Migrants are key concern of Italian cardinal-designate’s ministry
Migrants are key concern of Italian cardinal-designate’s ministry
Cardinal-designate Mamberti Brings 30 Years of Diplomatic Experience to New Role: Morocco-born prelate only curial official on list of new cardinals
Cardinal-designate Dominique Mamberti, the only official of the Roman Curia among the 20 new cardinals named by Pope Francis, said the honor binds him even more closely to the pope and the church of Rome.Pope Francis' announcement came just days before the cardinal-designate, the Vatican's f
The Lives Lost: 26 pastoral workers were killed in 2014
26 pastoral workers were killed in 2014
On Christmas, pope urges people to hear the cry of suffering children
The crying of Baby Jesus is not the only cry people should hear on Christmas, the pope said.
Religious Women’s Visitation ‘Painful at Times,’ But Promoted Unity
The apostolic visitation of U.S. communities of religious women, though initially met with some resistance, ended up promoting a greater sense of unity in the church and helped the women become more aware of how God is working in their lives, said the prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Co
Vatican report calls U.S. women religious to continued dialogue
A massive, detailed Vatican-ordered investigation of U.S. communities of women religious ended with a call to the women themselves to continue discerning how best to live the Gospel in fidelity to their orders' founding ideals while facing steeply declining numbers and a rapidly aging membership
Announcing new series of talks about family, pope reviews synod: Not “a clash between factions, but of a debate among bishops.”
Not “a clash between factions, but of a debate among bishops.”
In Strasbourg, Pope Francis urges European rejuventaion: Asks European Parliamentarians to defend life and protect immigrants
The 77-year-old grandson of European immigrants to Argentina, Pope Francis urged the European Parliament to value the continent's faiths and recuperate a sense of responsibility for the common good to rejuvenate Europe's social, political and economic life."In many quarters we encounter
How to fix world economy? Spend less on war, more on jobs, Francis says: And don’t just expand welfare, handouts
And don’t just expand welfare, handouts
