Category Archives: World

San Francisco Archdiocese celebrates newly written Mass of the Americas

Posted on December 7, 2018 by

By Catholic News Service SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) — San Franciscans will celebrate the recently commissioned “Mass of the Americas” Dec. 8 for the feasts of the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Guadalupe at the archdiocese’s Cathedral of St. Mary of … Continue reading →

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Pope to make historic visit to United Arab Emirates in February

Posted on December 6, 2018 by

Updated. By Junno Arocho Esteves  Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will visit the United Arab Emirates next year, becoming the first pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula, the Vatican announced. In a Dec. 6 statement, the … Continue reading →

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Cardinal tells COP24 climate needs present ‘challenge of civilization’

Posted on December 4, 2018 by

By Jonathan Luxmoore  Catholic News Service The Vatican challenged countries gathered for the 24th U.N. Climate Change Conference to focus on the needs of the present and the future as it worked to take swift action. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican … Continue reading →

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Ethicist: Gene-editing human embryos ‘a train wreck of a thing to do’

Posted on December 3, 2018 by

By Mark Pattison  Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The revelation in late November that a Chinese researcher had edited genes in human embryos and then implanted them in a woman was “a train wreck of a thing to do,” … Continue reading →

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In response to global warming, the idea of personal sacrifice resurfaces

Posted on November 30, 2018 by

Backgrounder. By Dennis Sadowski  Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — A major scientific report by 13 federal agencies that concludes that climate change poses dire economic consequences to the United States and already is affecting the well being of people … Continue reading →

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Pope tells kids battling cancer to talk to their guardian angel every day

Posted on November 30, 2018 by

By Carol Glatz  Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — It is not easy living with cancer, but there is always some kind of victory that awaits each person on the horizon, Pope Francis told young oncology patients from Poland. … Continue reading →

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Visitors are most important things about shrine, pope says

Posted on November 29, 2018 by

By Carol Glatz  Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People who visit Catholic shrines must find a place of warmth and welcome, as well as good priests who enjoy being with and listening to the faithful, Pope Francis said. … Continue reading →

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