Bishop Pates heard a cry for help in the detention center. After he left, he called on Congress to pass the DREAM Act.
Pope Francis
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Father James Martin and Ross Douthat discuss civility in public & church discourse
Is there a duty for Christians to represent a certain kind of voice in the public discourse?
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Pope Francis urged Jesuits in Myanmar to convert hearts of those closed to refugees
Pope Francis said a Jesuit’s mission is to be close to the people, especially those who are suffering and forgotten because “to see them is to see Christ suffering and crucified.”
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Pope Francis: We need to go to Sunday Mass
“We don’t go to Mass to give something to God, but to receive from him that which we truly need.”
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Meet the man behind Pope Francis’ social media strategy
Bishop Paul Tighe, the secretary of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture, has been called “the Vatican’s nicest guy.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis calls on world leaders to “avert a new spiral of violence” in Jerusalem and the Middle East
Sources in the Vatican say they cannot understand how President Trump’s decision to recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel can be in the best interests of the United States.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis calls for abolition of nuclear arms as ICAN formally receives Nobel Peace Prize
The pope was lauded at the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize for condemning the “false sense of security” of nuclear weapons.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis warns of new ‘tension’ if U.S. embassy is moved to Jerusalem
Without naming President Trump, the pope urged all nations to “respect the status quo” of Jerusalem in accordance with United Nations resolutions.
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Pope Francis makes his letter to Argentine bishops on ‘Amoris Laetitia’ part of the official record
Pope Francis said the bishops’ document “explains precisely the meaning of Chapter VIII of ‘Amoris Laetitia.’
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What does a parish of mercy look like?
Matthew Halbach talks about his vision for “total parish evangelization.”