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Catholic minorities can still change the world, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Visiting the small Catholic communities in Bulgaria and North Macedonia offered an opportunity to encourage the faithful to remember God’s miracle of being able to feed a multitude with just a few loaves and fishes, Pope Francis said. He said the trip also gave him a chance to strengthen Christian unity with the […] Full Story

• Papal document addresses challenges of evangelizing in the digital age

  

  By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Service
  Published April 3, 2019

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—While digital communications and social media can be used as a tool of evangelization and a place of dialogue with others, they also can be lonely environments where young people fall prey to humanity’s worst vices, Pope Francis wrote. In his new apostolic exhortation to young people, “Christus Vivit” (“Christ Lives”), the pope […] Full Story

• ‘Spiritual combat’ must be part of fight against sex abuse, pope says

  

  By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
  Published April 1, 2019

  ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO ROME (CNS) — To fight clerical sexual abuse, the Catholic Church must have clear laws and procedures, but it also must engage in “spiritual combat,” because it is obvious the devil is at work, Pope Francis said. After the Vatican summit on abuse in February, the pope said, he read […] Full Story

• Some traditional formalities do not ring true with Pope Francis

  By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service
  Published March 28, 2019

  VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has made it more than obvious that he does not like people kissing his ring. The viral video of him yanking his right hand away from a string of about 17 people coming up to him one-by-one during a trip to Loreto, Italy, March 25, caught many people by […] Full Story