Speaking on the 100th anniversary of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s proposed League of Nations, Francis said today’s leaders can learn two lessons from the ashes of World War I.
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Bishops in Kazakhstan say no Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics
The statement from the Kazakh bishops can be interpreted as a response to Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, “Amoris Laetitia.”
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Can’t wait till the 25th? For Filipinos celebrating Simbang Gabi, Christmas comes early.
Simbang Gabi speaks to the central place that Christmas holds in the Filipino imagination.
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Philippine Congress extends martial law in southern Philippines
Martial law in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao, originally aimed at quelling a terrorist attack in Marawi in May, has been extended for another year.
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After pope’s Myanmar visit, Catholic Relief Services continues its humanitarian aid to Rohingya
While diplomats and advocates weigh in on the crisis, Catholic Relief Services in Bangladesh, supporting the local Caritas office, is responding with humanitarian assistance, delivering food and critical survival supplies to thousands of Rohingya families.
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C.R.S. responds to Rohingya crisis
Caroline Brennan, the emergency communications director for C.R.S., describes conditions among impromptu refugee camps of Rohingya Muslim families in Bangladesh.
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Catholic leaders call for ‘repentance and atonement’ between North Korea and South Korea
The call came just before the U.S. and South Korea opened a massive joint military air exercise Dec. 4.
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Pope Francis explains why he did not use the word ‘Rohingya’ in Myanmar
Pope Francis answered questions about avoiding the use of the word “Rohingya” while in Myanmar, during his flight back to Rome this evening.
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Gossip is ‘a kind of terrorism,’ Pope Francis says in Bangladesh
Devoting his last day in Bangladesh to the nation’s tiny Catholic community, Pope Francis told clergy and religious that there was no way they could promote interreligious harmony in the country if their communities were marked by gossip, division and bitterness. “There are many enemies of harmony,” the pope told priests, religious, seminarians and bishops […]
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Pope Francis: “The presence of God today is also called ‘Rohingya’”
Pope Francis asked for forgiveness Friday from refugees in Bangladesh for all the hurt and indifference Muslim Rohingya have endured.