Pope: Don't judge sinners who want to repent, help them come home
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – On the eve of sending off "missionaries of mercy" to all corners of the globe, Pope Francis told his specially appointed men that the reassuring strength of God's love – not the "bludgeon of judgment" – will bring the "lost sheep" back to the fold. ...
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Thursday, February 11, 2016
Giving to the poor is part of jubilee year, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - A jubilee year that does not open people's wallets to share what they have with others is not a true jubilee, Pope Francis said. "This pope isn't inventing that," he insisted. "It's in the Bible." At his weekly general audience Feb. 10 in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis spoke...
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Thursday, February 11, 2016
Priestly formation: From ordaining priests to making apostles

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Thursday, February 11, 2016
Death penalty limbo: Supreme Court, states give laws another look

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Thursday, February 11, 2016
The works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee

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Wednesday, February 03, 2016
Pope: God wants to save you; will you let him?

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Wednesday, February 03, 2016
Mercy, mission go together, pope says

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Wednesday, February 03, 2016
'Simple, not silly' - Children's questions become book by Pope Francis

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Wednesday, February 03, 2016
White House, Supreme Court take new attitude toward young offenders
WASHINGTON (CNS) - After a lengthy period in American history in which the prevailing attitude in criminal justice permitted more and more draconian measures in the name of law and order, the pendulum seems to be swinging back toward leniency -- entirely apropos during the church's Jubilee Year of...
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Wednesday, February 03, 2016
Bitter cold doesn't stop Chicago march against 'culture of death'

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016