Thousands of people waited hours outside a Rome church to glimpse the mortal remains of St. Padre Pio and St. Leopold Mandic, two Capuchins popular as miracle workers and known particularly for the long hours they would spend...
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Pope asks Mexican people for time alone with Our Lady of Guadalupe
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Lebanese priest to lead new Maronite Catholic Exarchate of Colombia
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Priests say Mexican prisons have improved, but still have problems
When Father Alberto Melendez began ministering at the prison in this once-violent border city nine years ago, rival gangs ran criminal operations from behind bars. Riots broke out regularly; a 2009 tragedy claimed 20 lives.
Teaching is our most important profession
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Haitian bishops call for quick, negotiated solution to pending political crisis
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God wants to save you; will you let him? pope asks
God doesn't want to condemn anyone; he wants to save every person in the entire world, Pope Francis said.
Door of Mercy opened at juvenile detention center near L.A.
The young man stood at the end of a table, reading a letter he had received from Pope Francis. The words echoed off the walls of the cavernous room at the Barry Nidorf Juvenile Hall for teen offenders.