The archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, released a lengthy statement on Thursday, praising the late Senator Dianne Feinstein’s “civility.”
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With a new cardinal, Jerusalem (finally) finds its place at the heart of the Catholic Church
In his first Mass as cardinal, he acknowledged the flood of congratulations he had received from all quarters and all sects of his diocese. “Cardinals in our time are no longer the princes of the church,” Cardinal Pizzaballa said, “but its servants and those of the people of God.”
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Interview: Get to know Jerusalem’s first cardinal
Energetic, resolutely modern, as comfortable with technology as with theology, and deeply cosmopolitan, Patriarch Pizzaballa shares Pope Francis’ intention to restore Jerusalem to its former glory.
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Do most Catholics think the Eucharist is ‘just a symbol’? It’s complicated.
Maybe the crisis of disbelief in the Eucharist is not as dire as previously thought.
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Jesuits and nuns team up to bring education to vulnerable African girls
There are just under 20 million primary-grade girls out of school in sub-Saharan Africa. The Bakhita Partnership for Education is working to change that.
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Pope Francis has called on Europe to change its migration policies—will it?
On his visit to Marseille last week, Pope Francis decried the “fanaticism of indifference” on the plight of migrants who risk their lives—and all too often lose them—in the attempt to reach Europe across the Mediterranean Sea.
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As the U.A.W. strike expands, Catholics are asking: Where’s the modern-day labor priest?
Where’s the modern-day Catholic labor priest?
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South Africa plagued by crippling power outages and broken promises
In a pastoral letter, titled “All Citizens to Reclaim the Dream,” the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference encouraged South Africans not to lose hope.
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Remembering ‘Father Lupe’: A radical Jesuit, rebel armies, the CIA and a mysterious disappearance
James Carney pledged his life to the cause of destitute campesinos in Honduras, living and working among them as a parish priest and organizing campesino cooperatives to fight for land reform and human rights.
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Renewed fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia raising fears of ethnic cleansing
Many fear the endgame in the region will mean widespread loss of life and ethnic cleansing of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh unless global attention can be redirected to the crisis.