Msgr. Philip Najim addresses the congregation during Mass at the Chaldean Catholic Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima in Cairo Aug. 18. Christians, making up 10 percent of Egypt's 85 million people, have coexisted with the majority Sunni Muslims for centurie s. Violence erupted periodically, especially...
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Colorado teens Kinga Steczko of Littleton, Susana Delgado of Denver and Fernando De La Rosa of Denver take part in an Aug. 15 celebration at the John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization in Denver. The ceremony and Mass marked the 20th anniversary of the Polish pontiff's visit to the Mile High...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Even before retired Pope Benedict XVI set up a pontifical council for new evangelization and convoked a world Synod of Bishops on the theme, a new group of Benedictine monks was using Latin and liturgy to reach out to those whose faith was weak or nonexistent. Now they've adde...
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SAN ANTONIO (CNS) -- The Knights of Columbus launched a new Marian prayer program dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception at a Mass Aug. 7 during the order's 131st supreme convention. It is the 16th such prayer program of the Knights of Columbus using a sacred image as its centerpiece. I...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Respect for human life from conception until natural death is something children must be taught, not mainly with words, but by the example of their parents, Pope Francis said. "Parents are called to pass on to their children the awareness that life must always be defended," Po...
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ST. LOUIS (CNS) -- The identity of a "mystery" priest who prayed with a young woman at the scene of an accident in central Missouri has been solved. The Diocese of Jefferson City, Mo., has identified the priest as Father Patrick Dowling, a native of Kilkenny, Ireland, who is currently serving in pr...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The issues that prompted the March on Washington 50 years ago have yet to be fully solved, said a 50th anniversary statement on the march issued by the U.S. bishops' Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church. "The dream of (the Rev. Martin Luther) King (Jr., who spoke at the...
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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM BRAZIL (CNS) -- Pope Francis said he was responding to the clear wishes of the College of Cardinals when he set up commissions to study the Vatican bank, Vatican financial and administrative procedures and the reform of the Roman Curia. The pope also said he knows peopl...
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RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS) -- Pope Francis commissioned some 3 million young people to join forces and form what could be called Missionaries Without Borders. "Where does Jesus send us?" he asked World Youth Day pilgrims July 28. "There are no borders, no limits: He sends us to everyone." On the white sa...
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RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS) -- Krakow, Poland, will be the site of the next World Youth Day, in 2016. Pope Francis made the announcement shortly after celebrating the final Mass of this year's World Youth Day before a crowd of more than 3 million people on Copacabana beach. Upon hearing the pope's words,...
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