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VATICAN CITY -- Make time to get ready for what Christmas really is about — the child born in Bethlehem signaling that “God is with us,” Pope Francis said.
JERUSALEM -- Except for specific incidents in Egypt and one in Libya, Christians in the Middle East are suffering the same fate as their fellow citizens, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, told media in response to a journalist’s question at his first Christmas news conference.
Celebrations for Our Lady of Guadalupe began at St. Raphael Church in Springdale at 6 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. (Photo)
DUBLIN -- People who work with married couples have urged them to make time for each other, especially during the often-stressful Christmas season.
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- President Barack Obama Dec. 16 signed the Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Act, approved by the House Dec. 13.
Donald Louis Corbin, a retired associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, died Dec. 12. He was 78. (Obituaries)
VATICAN CITY -- Expressing his condolences to victims and their families, Pope Francis called for an end to terrorism following a string of deadly attacks in Berlin and Ankara.
VATICAN CITY -- Ken Hackett, the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, is gearing up to try retirement for the second time. The retired president of Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops’ overseas aid agency, is leaving his ambassadorial post three years and three months after presenting his credentials to Pope Francis.
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis met with the current and former presidents of Colombia, two leading figures in the country at opposite sides of a controversial peace agreement that puts an end to a decades-long civil war.
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis described 2016 as a “packed year,” one full of initiatives that helped Catholics “see and touch with their hands the fruits of the mercy of God.”
BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Even the Christmas decorations seem more cheerful this year in Bethlehem.
GOWER, Mo. -- Tucked away off a rocky road in Gower in rural Missouri, a small community of cloistered nuns north of Kansas City has just come out with a new Christmas album.
“My favorite Christmas carol is ‘Angels We Have Heard on High.’ It is a great song because when Jesus was born all the angels in heaven sang and rejoiced because Jesus came to spread the Kingdom of God. It is my favorite because when ...” (Youthspeak, Seeds of Faith)
When my friend Mike Poulin went with two Sisters of Mercy to pray with a group at the Standing Rock Sioux Camp (officially, the Oceti Sakowin Camp) near Cannon Ball, N.D., didn’t know what to expect. (Columns)
The image of Jesus as a refugee being forced to leave Bethlehem and going with his parents to Egypt is even more powerful today than ever. (Editorial)
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