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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How church leaders are reacting to Trump’s latest executive order
Many religious leaders viewed President Donald Trump’s executive order on religious freedom, which he signed in a White House Rose Garden ceremony on May 4, as a step in the right direction.
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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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The slum pope and the billionaire: Pope Francis to meet with President Trump
Oh, to be a fly on the wall.
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Alongside Catholic leaders, President Trump signs executive order on religious liberty, health care
One of Trump’s orders instructs the Internal Revenue Service not to enforce a rule that bars churches from engaging in partisan politics.
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President Trump will visit the Vatican on his first trip abroad
President Donald Trump’s first foreign trip will include stops in Israel, the Vatican and Saudi Arabia before visits to NATO and a summit in Italy.
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Belgian Brothers to allow euthanasia in psychiatric care centers
The Brothers of Charity Group stated that it would allow doctors to perform euthanasia in any of its 15 centers, which provide care to more than 5,000 patients a year, subject to carefully stipulated criteria.
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Pope Francis will beatify Wisconsin-born Capuchin Father Solanus Casey
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Father Casey, five religious, four laypeople and two cardinals, including Vietnamese Cardinal Francois Nguyen Van Thuan.
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The death penalty is a “just form of punishment,” Oklahoma residents say
Oklahomans overwhelmingly support capital punishment, despite highly publicized problems with lethal-injection drugs that prompted state officials to put a temporary moratorium on executions in 2015.