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Central African Catholic leader sees positive effects of papal visit
A Catholic leader in the Central African Republic said Christian-Muslim ties were affected positively by Pope Francis' Nov. 29-30 visit and his simple message of living peacefully.
From Quebec to Sao Paulo, church doors help open Year of Mercy
North America's only Holy Door was reopened at Notre-Dame Cathedral for the Jubilee of Mercy, with Cardinal Gerald Lacroix calling it "a sensible and tangible sign of our God's open heart, from which springs and flows the wide...
Meet violence, hate in world ‘with resolve, courage,’ archbishop urges
Violence and hate in the world "must be met with resolve and courage," said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The Walking Deadline: An introduction
After much sturm und drang, and some mocking, The Leaven has finally come up with a name for its blog.
Religiosa mexicana, ganadora del máximo premio nacional de derechos humanos
La hermana ha abogado por familiares de personas desaparecidas en medio de la violencia.
El papa visitará comunidades marginadas en México en febrero
El papa llevará esperanza a un país que sufre profundamente por el crimen, la corrupción y la desigualdad.
Pope Francis will venerate Mary at Mexico shrine next year
On the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis announced that he would travel to the Marian shrine in Mexico City and pray to Mary so that Christian communities "may become oases and rivers of mercy."
Mexican nun wins nation’s top human rights award
A Catholic nun was awarded Mexico's top human rights award Dec. 10 for her work with the families of missing persons.
Iraqi patriarch: Christian persecution has reached ‘critical, violent’ point
The survival of Christianity in the Middle East has reached such a critical point that the chances of dialogue and reconciliation in the region are being threatened, said Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad.