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At River Jordan, pope meets suffering, speaks against arms trade
May 29, 2014AMMAN, Jordan (CNS)—Jordan’s powerful and marginalized joined together at the banks of the River Jordan to welcome Pope Francis at the site believed to be where Jesus was baptized. Jordan’s King Abdullah II, his wife, Queen Rania, and Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal, the monarch’s personal representative and special adviser on religious matters, welcomed […]
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In Holy Land, pope reaches out to Muslims, Jews
May 29, 2014JERUSALEM (CNS)—Pope Francis spent the last morning of his three-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land meeting with Muslims and Jews and calling for closer relations among the three major monotheistic religions as the basis for peace in the region. At his first appearance May 26, Pope Francis toured the Dome of the Rock on the […]
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Striving to heal the fractures between communities
May 29, 2014For almost five years now, Greek Orthodox and Catholic faithful in the Atlanta community have been gathering every six months to pray together for a healing of the historical breaches of charity and ecclesial unity that continue to hold our two communities hostages to our past. My beloved brother Metropolitan Alexios and I have been […]
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‘Father Pat’ closes 25-year chapter at Transfiguration, which formed him as pastor, priest
May 29, 2014MARIETTA—There were gifts. Standing ovations. Musical tributes and heartfelt words of thanks. But in the end, the celebration was about one priest and one congregation who showered each other with the genuine mutual love and affection that can only come from a relationship that’s lasted a quarter of a century. The signs outside Transfiguration Church […]
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Atlanta prelates recall historic Catholic-Orthodox meeting
May 29, 2014ATLANTA—Some 200 people joined the spiritual leaders of the Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches gathered in prayer. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Metropolitan Alexios, both carrying pastoral staffs, walked side by side as they entered the church as chants and the sweet smell of incense filled the gothic Cathedral of Christ the King on Tuesday, […]
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Fifty years later, pope and patriarch meet again in Jerusalem
May 29, 2014JERUSALEM (CNS)—Half a century after a historic encounter between their predecessors, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met in the same place to seek inspiration for Christian unity at the site of Christ’s death and resurrection. “We need to believe that, just as the stone before the tomb was cast aside, so, too, every obstacle […]
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Women baptized, confirmed during Mass celebrated in state prison
May 29, 2014ALTO—Glinting razor wire tops the fence that separates the women serving time at Lee Arrendale State Prison from the rest of the world. Located in a rural Habersham County landscape of cow pastures, cemeteries and country churches, the prison is for adult and juvenile female felons. Each week, Paul Caruso of St. Joseph Cafasso Prison […]
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Novena offered for Nigerian schoolgirls’ rescue
May 29, 2014JONESBORO—The Nigerian community at St. Philip Benizi Church in Jonesboro believes in the power of prayer. The group began a novena Friday, May 23, at the church to offer petitions for the schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria in April by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. “We have been praying for the kidnapped girls,” said Basil […] Full Story
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Pope prays for suffering immigrants, miners, speaks of need for fortitude
May 29, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—God is always by our side, never giving us more than we can handle, Pope Francis said. The countless women and men who stand tall through enormous difficulties, pain and especially persecution, are armed with the divine gift of fortitude that gives them the strength and hope to go on, he said. “It […]
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Bishop weigh in on search for missing Nigerian girls
May 29, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—Among the U.S. leaders speaking out for action to track down and return 276 kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria are the chairman of a Catholic bishops’ committee and the director of the Africa Faith and Justice Network. In statements May 9, Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, and Dominican Father Aniedi Okure, a […]