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Multicultural liturgical ministry leads Franciscan brother to Vietnam
As a Franciscan serving in the order's St. Barbara Province on the West Coast, and as a published composer with Oregon Catholic Press, Brother Rufino Zaragoza was often called upon to direct music for his order's bilingual and...
Bleak Christmas faces church in quake-ravaged Nepal amid crippling blockade
Catholics in Nepal are preparing for a bleak Christmas because of an economic blockade imposed by neighboring India.
Christmas comes with pain but hope for displaced families in Iraq
This year will be the second Christmas Daud will spend away from her home, against her wishes.
Pope to Vatican employees: Take care of your marriage, grandparents
Take care of your marriage and aging parents, play with your kids, and always make peace at the end of the day, Pope Francis told Vatican employees and their families.
Marriage ruling said to leave unanswered questions for religious groups
There are still unanswered questions about the legal implications of June's Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling, but analysts agree religious institutions face big challenges in the months and years to come.
Number of displaced people at highest since World War II
The explosive global refugee crisis — likely the top debate-generating news story of 2015 — seems destined to dominate domestic and foreign politics for years to come at a time when Pope Francis has been calling for a...
Mideast Catholic patriarchs encourage hope, joy amid suffering
Catholic patriarchs from the Middle East encouraged their trouble people to find inner peace at Christmas and urged the world to remember them.
Seasonal checkup: Pope prescribes spiritual virtues to fight curial ills
If Pope Francis sees the church as a field hospital after battle, then his annual Christmas address to the Roman Curia often looks like the triage tent, with him holding the charts.