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Share the Journey campaign urges Catholics to connect with migrants

WASHINGTON (CNS)—A prayer here, a share on social media there, a voice of support in a letter to the editor, even a get-to-know-others potluck. Supporting refugees and migrants can take many forms, and Pope Francis is hoping Catholics around the world will act over the next two years to encounter people on the move. In […] Full Story | En Español

• Share hope with those seeking better lives, pope says

  

  By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Services
  Published October 5, 2017

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The same hope that moves people to seek a better life for themselves and their loved ones also moves the hearts of men and women to welcome migrants and refugees with open arms, Pope Francis said. “Those who come to our land and we who go toward their heart to understand them, to […] Full Story | En Español

• Pope Francis expands scope of John Paul II institute on marriage, family

  By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service
  Published September 21, 2017

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—To better prepare priests and pastoral workers to help meet the challenges families face today, Pope Francis is strengthening the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family and changing its name to the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for the Sciences of Marriage and Family. The new institution […] Full Story

• Pope: God gives hope for future despite present-day suffering

  

  By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Service
  Published September 7, 2017

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—While the world reels from terrorism, natural disasters and division, God weeps with those who suffer and offers the hope of a future full of joy and consolation, Pope Francis said. Recalling the victims of a terror attack in Barcelona Aug. 17, a devastating landslide Aug. 16 in Congo, and “many other” tragic […] Full Story