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U.S. bishops’ group travels to Iraq, meets with those who fled ISIS
February 5, 2015AINKAWA, Iraq (CNS)—One of Iraq’s Christians chased out of her historic homeland quietly prayed the rosary as a bishop who traveled halfway around the world to meet her and others displaced celebrated Mass for them. “It’s a journey of encountering God, the poor and the dispossessed,” Bishop Oscar Cantu, chairman of the Committee on International […]
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CNEWA officials look at long-range needs of Lebanon’s refugees
February 5, 2015BEIRUT (CNS)—Officials of a pontifical aid agency said they saw much that needed to be done in Lebanon—if they could get beyond crisis mode. Economically strapped Lebanon is now hosting more than 1.5 million refugees—mostly Syrians—putting a strain on the country’s infrastructure and resources for its existing population of around 4 million people. “So much […]
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Father Merton at 100: Still inspiring people to get closer to God
February 5, 2015WASHINGTON (CNS)—When Trappist Father Thomas Merton addressed persistent racism in his writing during the 1960s, his message seemingly reached into the future. Appealing to society to recognize that all people are children of God, Father Merton questioned practices that prevented African-Americans from achieving full equality and called for the end of discrimination in all forms. […]
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Pope recognizes martyrdom of Archbishop Romero
February 5, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—After decades of debate within the church, Pope Francis formally recognized that Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was killed “in hatred of the faith” and not for purely political reasons. Pope Francis signed the decree Feb. 3, recognizing as martyrdom the March 24, 1980, assassination of Archbishop Romero in a San Salvador hospital chapel […]
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Feed my sheep: Archbishops to receive palliums at home with their flock
February 5, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—When Pope Francis celebrates the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in June, he will set aside an element that has been part of the Mass for the past 32 years; the Vatican confirmed he will not confer the pallium on new archbishops during the liturgy. Msgr. Guido Marini, the papal master of […]
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Living memories: On DVD, council fathers share impact of Vatican II
February 5, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—A pivotal moment in the modern history of the Catholic Church came to life on screen with a new documentary about the Second Vatican Council. With archival footage and exclusive interviews with prelates who attended the council sessions between its opening in 1962 and closing in 1965, the film pieces together firsthand accounts […]
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New film ‘Black or White’ aims to ‘start the conversation’ on race
February 5, 2015BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (CNS)—It is not an overtly “religious” film. Other than a brief funeral scene inside of a church early in the film, there is no mention of God, or of a particular faith or religion. And yet, “Black or White” is, according to its makers and stars, clearly a film that addresses what […]
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Pope Francis’ Lent message: Become islands of mercy in the sea of world’s indifference
February 5, 2015VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Christians are called to overcome apathy, discouragement and pretentions of self-sufficiency by letting God enter into their hearts, making them joyful, merciful and strong, Pope Francis said. Through prayer, charity and humility before God, people receive a heart “which is firm and merciful, attentive and generous, a heart which is not closed, indifferent […]
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Seeking God on the road less traveled
February 5, 2015The poet Robert Frost penned a now quite famous poem “The Road Not Taken” in 1920, concluding it with this stanza: “I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the […]
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Our Lady of Mercy boys lose in a close one
February 5, 2015KENNESAW—The Our Lady of Mercy boys basketball team held a 28-22 lead at halftime, but in the second half of its Jan. 31 game against Mt. Paran Christian School, there were five ties and six lead changes before Mt. Paran took the lead for good with just over three minutes left. With 40.7 seconds remaining, […]