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Fleeing the Syrian civil war, refugees struggle to put their lives together in Jordan.

“Don’t forget the three P’s: prayer, peace and poverty,” Pope Francis, speaking in English, told the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, as he bade him farewell after their 40 minute meeting in the Vatican on June 16. “We must walk together!” he added.It was t

A suspect in the attack on the Phoenix parish has been arrested

Although they have not yet reached full unity, Roman Catholics and Anglicans continue their dialogue, come together in prayer and work side by side, including on a new project to combat human trafficking around the world."I thank God that, as disciples sent to heal a wounded world, we stand tog

Pope Francis condemns ‘increasingly intolerable’ effects of the free market.

The spate of shooting incidents in America continued unabated into June: Oregon, Las Vegas, California.Cable news channels showed images of grieving families, disconsolate young people, grim-faced police chiefs and arrest photos of the suspects, be they alive or dead at their own hand."We'r

Pope Francis says our world economic system inevitably promotes military conflict.

During their June 11-13 spring general assembly in New Orleans, the nation's Catholic bishops voted to extend their Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty and to approve work on a limited revision of their quadrennial document aimed at guiding Catholics in election decisions.They also were urged

Let the World Cup be a celebration of solidarity and peace, Pope Francis says

U.S. bishops gathered in New Orleans are urged to promote and support families.