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Christians fight evil with love, sacrifice, never violence, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Christians are called to detach themselves from power, reject violence and sacrifice themselves for God and others out of love, Pope Francis said. Christians must live the way Christ chose to: not as “persecutors, but persecuted; not arrogant, but meek; not as snake-oil salesmen, but subservient to the truth; not impostors, but honest,” […] Full Story

• Pope asks church to hear cry of the poor and take action

  

  By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
  Published June 23, 2017

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—People cannot sit back and be indifferent or unresponsive to growing poverty in the world as a privileged minority accumulates “ostentatious wealth,” Pope Francis said. “God created the heavens and the earth for all; yet sadly some have erected barriers, walls and fences, betraying the original gift meant for all humanity, with none […] Full Story

• Vatican releases online questionnaire for youth

  

  By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
  Published June 20, 2017

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—To involve young people in preparations for the Synod of Bishops on youth in 2018, the Vatican has released an online questionnaire to better understand the lives, attitudes and concerns of 16- to 29-year-olds around the world. The questionnaire—available in English, Spanish, French and Italian—can be found on the synod’s official site: youth.synod2018.va/content/synod2018/it.html […] Full Story | En Español

• Priest says Egypt’s Christians feel they could be martyrs at any time

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published June 1, 2017

  CAIRO (CNS)—Christians in Egypt “are getting to this idea that we could be a martyr at any moment,” the spokesman for the nation’s Catholic bishops told Catholic News Service. The spokesman, Father Rafic Greiche, also lamented the number of children killed in an attack on a bus carrying Coptic Orthodox Christians to St. Samuel Monastery […] Full Story