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The annual meeting in Davos brought together people representing business, government, academia and media to discuss the theme, "Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World."
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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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They need to be "capable of caring and tenderness—I am thinking of bullying here—free from widespread fallacies" that claim the only way to be worth anything is "to be competitive, aggressive and tough toward others
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The decree for their beatification should be published sometime in January, Trappist Father Thomas Georgeon said.
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At Vatican II, the pope said, the church recognized its responsibility to “proclaim the Gospel in a new way.”
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The majority of Catholic Church workers violently killed in 2017 were victims of attempted robberies.
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In Europe, Christmas is being stripped of its true nature "in the name of a false respect for those who are not Christian."
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Don't be late for Mass believing the introductory rites do not matter, Pope Francis told visitors and pilgrims.
The words and gestures that open the celebration help the faithful come together as one and prepare them to listen to the Word of God and celebrate the Eucharist worthily, he said Dec. 20 during his weekly general audience.
"It is not a good habit to be looking at the clock" and calculating how much of the beginning of Mass would be OK to miss and still fulfill one's obligation, he said.
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"The dismemberment of the body is not allowed" unless the bishop has obtained permission from the saints' congregation.
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The pope spoke Dec. 16 with members of the Italian Periodical Press Union and members of the Italian Federation of Catholic Weeklies, which represents nearly 200 Catholic newspapers.