“Consumerism is a virus that attacks the faith at its roots, because it makes you believe that life depends only on what you have, and so you forget God,” the pope said.
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Good Shepherd sister receives 16th annual Opus Prize for work in Congo
Sister Mutindi’s religious order, the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, is an international congregation with sisters in 73 countries.
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Pope Francis prays for eventual visit to South Sudan and for peace in Bolivia
“The South Sudanese people have suffered too much these past years and are awaiting—with great hope—a better future, especially the permanent end of conflicts and a long-lasting peace,” Pope Francis said.
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Franciscan brother in Kenya named U.N. Person of the Year in Africa
He received the award during United Nations Day celebrations in Nairobi on Oct. 24.
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James K. A. Smith takes 21st-century readers on pilgrimage with St. Augustine
James K. A. Smith’s new book seems to have been written largely with disaffected evangelicals in mind, those who have “been there, done that and left the stupid Christian T-Shirt at home.”
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Cardinal Ambongo: The Congo faces similar problems to the ones we see in the Amazon
The cardinal expects the synod’s final document to highlight the different levels of “responsibility towards Mother Earth, towards the natural environment, and on this we are all in agreement. What is said of Amazonia is also true of the Congo basin.”
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Can Pope Francis’ ‘prophetic kiss’ protect the peace process in South Sudan?
As tensions rise again with the approach of a Nov. 12 deadline for the creation of a unity government, Bishop Kussala has a message for the conflict-weary people of South Sudan. “The church is here to stay,” he said. “We serve the people; we don’t run away.”
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Catholic priest murdered in Kenya, latest in string of killings
A Catholic priest who disappeared from his family home was found dead in a shallow grave in southeastern Kenya a week after he was reported missing.
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Caritas Kitui in Kenya provides energy-saving cookstoves
The Catholic Church in Kenya is promoting a variety of energy-saving stoves with a view to stopping forest destruction and climate change.
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Central African Christians and Muslims meet together to work through trauma
With thousands of people killed and almost 1 million of the country’s 4.6 million people displaced in the past six years, trauma is rampant throughout the former French colony.