While the pope warmed to the traditional Jewish music and dance, the delegation also discussed issues of common concern.
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Bishops among first signatories to pledge to end death penalty
Each person taking the pledge promises to educate, advocate and pray for an end to capital punishment.
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Under the Gaze of Dorothy Day: Living with my grandmother’s faith
My grandmother, Dorothy Day, believed that to lose one’s faith was the greatest sadness.
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Imprisoned priest in Yemen pleads for help in new video
Father Uzhunnalil was kidnapped in Aden on March 4, 2016, in an attack in which four Missionaries of Charity and at least 12 others were killed at a home for the aged.
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Pope Francis: A priest who hasn’t learned to carry the cross is “useless”
A priest who does not willingly embrace Christ’s cross and who does not try to lighten the burdens of his people is not worthy of the name, Pope Francis said.
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Pope Francis to the Swiss Guard: the Devil, not invaders, is the biggest enemy at hand
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 told the guard’s members.
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Science and religion aren’t in conflict, they’re meeting at the Vatican
“We should not be afraid. Fear is not from God. Rather, we should go in search of this truth,” Dr. Alfio Bonanno said.
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What might Pope Francis think about ‘The Benedict Option?’ A new talk gives clues.
A new talk by the pope, as well as “Evangelii Gaudium,” gives clues to his thinking about the thesis of a new book by Rod Dreher.
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Indonesians call for jailing of Christian governor
Thousands of conservative Muslims took to the streets of the Indonesian capital to call for the jailing of its minority Christian governor.
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Go Out to All Nations
It is only within a church as complex and wide-ranging as humanity itself that Christ, still with us, can reveal his face.