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Chaldean patriarch to Iraqi president: Veto law on child conversions
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ali Abbas, EPA By Simon Caldwell MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — The patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church has called upon Iraq’s president to veto a law that will force some Christian children to convert to Islam. The Assyrian International News Agency reported that Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako of …
Evangelization congregation denies mismanaging property
By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples strongly denied accusations of cronyism in renting out properties in Rome. The congregation released a statement Nov. 11 after several news reports claimed that Vatican-owned apartments were rented far below market value and that several …
A family that doesn’t eat together is ‘hardly a family,’ pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lisa Johnston, St. Louis Review By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A family that chooses to watch TV or play with their smartphones rather than talk at the dinner table is “hardly a family,” Pope Francis said. “When children at the dinner table are glued to …
To help people, church must be in touch with ‘reality,’ pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz FLORENCE, Italy (CNS) — If God and his word are to help people, Christians have to be in touch with what is really happening in people’s lives, Pope Francis said during an afternoon Mass. God became human to live among people, to hear their …
Pope calls for end to economic exploitation, power-hungry church
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz FLORENCE, Italy (CNS) — Meeting workers and addressing a major gathering of the Catholic Church in Italy, Pope Francis demanded an end to economic exploitation, to clerics “obsessed” with power, to apathy among youth and to a cold, fearful church that forgets Christ is …
Pope advises new bishop to have mercy, patience, short homilies
IMAGE: CNS photo/Claudio Peri, EPA By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — Ordaining a Rome pastor and seminary spiritual director as an auxiliary bishop of Rome, Pope Francis pleaded with him to be merciful and to give short, clear homilies. Ordaining Bishop Angelo De Donatis, 61, Nov. 9 at the Basilica …
Wichita bishop brings formal report on war-hero priest to Vatican
IMAGE: CNS photo/Cindy Wooden By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A week after the 65th anniversary of Father Emil J. Kapaun’s capture in North Korea, the bishop of Wichita, Kansas, formally presented a report on the Army chaplain’s life, virtues and fame of holiness to the Congregation for Saints’ …
Supreme Court will hear appeals in Catholic, other groups’ mandate cases
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, Long Island Catholic By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court justices said Nov. 6 they will hear seven pending appeals in lawsuits brought by several Catholic and other faith-based entities against the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate. The court will hear appeals from groups in …
Leaked documents won’t stop financial reforms, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Leaked and published information about Vatican financial problems and irregularities were already known and are the reason “measures have already been taken that have begun to bear fruit,” Pope Francis said. At his first public appearance since the release Nov. 5 …
Choirs, tailors, builders make preparations for papal visit to Kenya
IMAGE: CNS/Reuters By Mike O’Maera NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — Kenyans are working on final preparations for Pope Francis’ Nov. 25-27 visit, his first stop on a three-nation visit to the continent. Construction of the stage for the papal Mass is almost complete. For his Nov. 26 open-air Mass at the …