Archbishop of St. Louis urges peace in streets
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U.S. Sisterhood in Decline?: Report takes deeper look at statistics about women’s religious orders
Report takes deeper look at statistics about women’s religious orders
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Synod Mid-term Report Highlights ‘Graduality,’ Welcoming
The Synod on the family 39 s General Rapporteur Cardinal Peter Erd presented the mid-term report on Oct 13 outlining the main questions highlighted over the past week of General Congregations which will now be examined in by the bishops fraternal delegates auditors and experts in the lsquo
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Voice Lessons: Synod fathers ask: Does the church need to watch its language?
In official reports of the closed-door talks at the Synod of Bishops on the family, an emerging theme has been the call for a new kind of language more appropriate for pastoral care today."Language appeared many, many times," Basilian Father Thomas Rosica, the briefer for English-speaking
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Synod Stops for Message of Solidarity for War Suffering: Sends prayers to families trapped in conflict
Gathered with Pope Francis, members of the Synod of Bishops on the family issued a message of solidarity, support and prayers for all families suffering the impact of war and violence, especially in Iraq and Syria.The members prayed particularly for those who, "because of the Christian faith th
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Parents Pray as Search for Missing Mexican Students Continues: Families of missing cling to faith and hope
Families of 43 students who "disappeared" in Guerrero state spend their time praying at the teacher training college the students attended.They plead for intervention from Our Lady of Guadalupe and pray the rosary in front of a makeshift St. James shrine, adorned with flowers placed in pla
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Peace Prize Winners Announced – #NotFrancis: Malala: Kids ‘should stand up for their rights’
Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi won the 95th Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work promoting education rights for children in a year that has been anything but peaceful.The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the two “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young peo
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‘Clear Up “confusion” on Contraception’: Speakers ask synod fathers to stop giving ‘contradictory advice’ on birth control
Speakers ask synod fathers to stop giving ‘contradictory advice’ on birth control.
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Captors Release Kidnapped Priest in Syria : No word on other community members taken
Captors released a Franciscan priest who was among about 20 Christians kidnapped from a Syrian village near the border with Turkey, said the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land. Franciscan Father Hanna Jallouf was being held under house arrest in a convent in Knayeh, a small Christian village i
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Synod Fathers on ‘Graduality’ : Steps forward on sexual and medical ethics
Steps forward on sexual and medical ethics