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Recognizing sin, accepting mercy is key to salvation, pope says 26 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
Pope Francis leads the Angelus from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Aug. 25. CNS photo/Giampiero Sposito, Reuters Jesus told his disciples that the entr...
Catholic, Orthodox leaders in Egypt say army is fighting terrorism 23 Aug 2013 | 09:23 pm
Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak is pictured during a service at a church in Rome in this June 18 file photo. CNS photo/Massimiliano Migliorato, Catholic Press Photo Speaking on behalf ...
China’s ‘apple Catholics’ add spiritual activities to daily routine 23 Aug 2013 | 09:09 pm
Children gather with parish priests for a photo on the steps of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in the village of Fufengxian, in China’s Shaanxi province, in late July. CNS photo Many rural villages in ...
Fear of Egyptian violence does not interfere with nuns’ hospital work 23 Aug 2013 | 08:43 pm
A military helicopter flies over clouds of smoke in Cairo Aug. 16. A prominent Egyptian bishop said his country will not have a civil war, and international bodies should not intervene. CNS photo/Loua...
Christian leaders in Jerusalem pray for end of violence in Egypt 23 Aug 2013 | 01:55 am
People walk around a destroyed Protestant church in Mallawi, Egypt, Aug. 17. CNS photo/Reuters Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Lutheran leaders in Jerusalem prayed for an end to violence and bloodsh...
Officials dubious of retired pope’s reported extraordinary ‘mystical experience’ 22 Aug 2013 | 11:29 pm
When Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation in February, he made it very clear that he had done so only after intense prayer and that he intended to live the rest of his life praying and studying...
Vatican orders slight change in text for baptism 22 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm
To emphasis that the sacrament of baptism formally brings a person into the church of God and not just into a local Christian community, the Vatican has ordered a slight change of wording in the bapti...
Beauty and beer: Monks’ outreach is part of new evangelization 21 Aug 2013 | 08:27 pm
Benedictine Father Cassian Folsom, prior of St. Benedict’s Monastery, pours beer for a guest at a tasting commemorating the first anniversary of the monastery’s brewery in Norcia, Italy, Aug. 14 CNS p...
Canonization date for John Paul II, John XXIII to be known in September 20 Aug 2013 | 09:14 pm
A Polish woman holds a prayer card featuring Blessed John Paul II during a Mass celebrated in his hometown of Wadowice, Poland, May 1, 2011, the day of his beatification. The late pontiff will be decl...
Bishop says Egyptians running out of food because they fear going out 20 Aug 2013 | 09:03 pm
An Egyptian soldier and a couple move near a burned annex building of Rabaa Adawiya mosque after the clearing of a protest camp around the mosque in Cairo Aug. 15. CNS photo/Amr Abdallah Dalsh, Reuter...
