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Pope encourages primary-school education in diversity, ecology (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 4:01 am In a January 5 address to Italian primary-school teachers, Pope Francis called for an “educational alliance between the school and the family,” and encouraged education in...
Pope pays surprise visit to children's hospital (Vatican Insider)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 4:01 am Pope Francis made an unscheduled visit to Rome’s Bambino Gesu hospital on January 5, spending some time with children being treated there. The visit was in keeping with the...
Chile looks forward to Pope Francis' visit (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 4:01 am The Pope’s apostolic journey to Chile and Peru begins on January 15 and concludes on January 22.
Papal audiences (1/4) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 4:01 am Pope Francis received, in separate audiences, the new ambassador of Uruguay, the secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and the bishop of Arezzo-Cortona...
Al-Shabaab militants kill 5 police in north Kenya (Reuters)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 4:01 am Al-Shabaab is a jihadist group active in Somalia and Yemen.
Prelate calls for renewed prayers for Coptic brethren after latest attacks in Egypt (USCCB)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 4:01 am Bishop Joseph Bambera of Scranton is chairman of the US bishops’ Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.
Thomas S. Monson, president of Mormon church, dies at 90 (AP)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 4:01 am Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, offered condolences.
Commentary: A Catholic moment in US politics?
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 5, 2018 at 3:51 am Washington D.C., Jan 5, 2018 / 02:51 am (CNA).- It’s been a little over a year since the 2016 election that polarized the nation and left deep political divides among family and...
Judge rules in favor of Atlanta fire chief who was fired after criticizing homosexual acts (BreakPoint)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 3:01 am Click here for 2015 coverage of Kelvin Cochran’s ouster.
New abortion estimates from India prompt renewed push to liberalize law (C-FAM)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 3:01 amGospel message of hope often is taught by the poor, Manila cardinal says (CNS)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 3:01 am Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, 60, is president of the Catholic Biblical Federation and president of Caritas Internationalis, the Church’s confederation of relief and development...
New women's religious community in Wisconsin evangelizes youth (OSV Newsweekly)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 3:01 am The Missionaries of the Word are based in the Diocese of Green Bay.
Israel strikes Gaza after repeated projectile fire (AP)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 3:01 am L’Osservatore Romano (1/5 Italian ed.) devoted front-page coverage to this story.
Iran declares that protestors have been defeated (AsiaNews)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 3:01 am L’Osservatore Romano (1/5 Italian ed.) devoted prominent front-page coverage to this story.
New UNICEF chief raises hopes, questions about pro-life stance (C-FAM)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 3:01 amBeijing urges renewed dialogue on Korea (GBTIMES)
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 5, 2018 at 3:01 am L’Osservatore Romano (1/5 Italian ed.) devoted prominent front-page coverage to this story. GBTIMES is a media company that favors Beijing’s Communist regime.
Who were these mysterious wise men?
Catholic Herald - Jan 5, 2018 at 3:00 am I have been reading a book highly appropriate for the Feast of the Epiphany: Mystery of the Magi: the Quest to Identify the Three Wise Men (Regnery History) by Fr Dwight...
Monks killed in Algeria to be recognised as martyrs
Catholic Herald - Jan 5, 2018 at 2:19 am A bishop, seven Trappist monks and 11 other religious men and women killed by extremists in Algeria in the 1990s will soon be recognized as martyrs, the postulator for their...
Bishops' letter on sexual identity prompts LGBT counter-lobbying
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 5, 2018 at 2:05 am Washington D.C., Jan 5, 2018 / 02:05 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Several Catholic bishops' call for clarity and compassion on sexual identity issues such as transgenderism drew the ire...
