How to Do Mission like the Apostles!
Inspired by the first Apostles, 72 members of Neocatechumenal Way of South Africa went on a ten-day mission, journeying without means in pairs.
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Mission
Mass Pope Francis
1.1 Million at Papal Mass in Bogota
More than 1.1 million people gathered in the park for Mass in Bogota’s Simon Bolivar Park. Many of them were soaked in a rainstorm before the pope arrived, but as Mass began, bits of blue sky began to appear.
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God Laudato Si Pope Francis
Plea to World Leaders – Hear the Cry of the Earth
Environmental destruction is a sign of a “morally decaying scenario” in which too many people ignore or deny that, from the beginning, “God intended humanity to cooperate in the preservation and protection of the earth
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Church Church Teaching War and Refugees
Catholic Church Teaching and War – the Just Use of Force
In light of the escalation of tensions between the United States and North Korea, Stephen Colecchi, director of the U.S. bishops’ Office of International Justice and Peace, answered these questions about Catholic Church teaching and war.
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Christian Living God Pope Francis
Pope: God wants People to Dream Big
God wants people to live with hope and joy – not bitterness – and to dream with him of a better world, Pope Francis said.
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Prayer
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
Together with the head of the Orthodox Church, Pope Francis urged people to be respectful and responsible toward creation while being aware of how disrupted ecosystems impact the poor.
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Priests Repentance
African-American Couple Demands Apology from Priest for Past KKK Actions
We reported earlier that a Catholic priest from the Diocese of Arlington had come clean about his past in the Ku Klux Klan. William Aitcheson, while a member of the Klan, burnt a cross on the lawn of a couple in Maryland. He was charged with the crime and ordered to pay restitution, but never did.
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Pope Francis Vatican
When the Vatican Met With Putin
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the secretary of state, visited Moscow and met with the patriarch and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as with leaders of Russia’s Catholic community.
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Bishops Justice & Peace
Bishops’ Justice & Peace: ‘Urgent Need to Address Jobs Crisis’
The government must take decisive and strategic action to reverse the escalation in the job crisis, the bishops’ Justice & Peace Commission has warned. Recent research findings on unemployment by the University of South Africa and Momentum, as well as figures by Statistics South Africa, paint a bleak picture.
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