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Only the Cross overcomes evil, Pope reminds World Youth Day participants

Aug 05, 2016

“Humanity today needs men and women — and especially young people like yourselves — who do not wish to live their lives halfway,” Pope Francis told young people participating in the Stations of the Cross at World Youth Day in Krakow on July 29.
Louis Sako: Two years on from expulsion of Christians from Mosul and Nineveh

Aug 05, 2016

We Christians have been called to follow the footsteps of Lord Jesus Christ in being people of peace and pursuers of love and the goodwill for all humanity. Our ancestors watered this blessed land with their blood; they were martyrs and witnesses of Christian faith.
Pope’s private meeting leaves Polish nuns ‘filled with happiness’

Aug 05, 2016

The head of one of Poland’s oldest religious orders said her nuns were “filled with happiness and joy” when the Pope paid a private early morning visi
Schonborn: Church opposition to Pope Francis ‘strong and significant’

Aug 04, 2016

Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schönborn OP has acknowledged the existence of a fierce and organized opposition to Pope France, carried out in certain Catholics circles. And he’s warned that it is fomenting considerable polarization within the Church.
Emmanuel Community to take over management of Rome church

Aug 04, 2016

The Holy See has announced that the Emmanuel Community will take over the management of the Trinità dei Monti church and convent in Rome, succeeding the Monastic Fraternity of Jerusalem, the Vatican Press Officc reports.
Syro-Malabar eparchy created for Great Britain

Aug 04, 2016

Pope Francis has created the Eparchy of Great Britain of the Syro-Malabars for Indian origin Catholics in the United Kingdom, whose church traces its foundation to St Thomas the Apostle.
Argentinian teens say Pope Francis is bringing young people back to God

Aug 04, 2016

Six thousand young Argentinians came to Krakow for the World Youth Day, and among them was a high school student from Buenos Aires, Paula (‘Poli) Piqué, who had travelled to Rio de Janeiro to participate in the first World Youth Day (WYD) led by Pope Francis.
Interfaith dialogue should start with respect

Aug 04, 2016

By the time members of the class I was teaching at Ghost Ranch, an hour north of here, arrived at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi to meet with the rector, Fr. Adam Ortega y Ortiz here, we already had spent a full 12 hours over two days talking about Catholic-Protestant matters.
It’s important pilgrims take the experience of WYD beyond Krakow and into our daily lives

Aug 04, 2016

We must believe 'in a new humanity' and stand against extremism on one side and relativism on the other
Pope Francis remembers Italian girl who died after WYD

Aug 04, 2016

She was taken to the hospital in Vienna on Sunday evening, and died the next morning.