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Indian police charge bishop with repeatedly raping nun
IMAGE: NS photo/Sivaram V, Reuters By NEW DELHI (CNS) — Indian police charged Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar of repeatedly raping a nun in her rural convent, the Associated Press reported. The bishop was charged April 9 with rape, illegal confinement and intimidation, said Hari Sankar, a district police chief …
Devil targets those who succumb to despair, negativity, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Sometimes Christians seem to prefer complaining and being unhappy in life, but that makes them a perfect target for the devil, Pope Francis said in a morning homily. "Desolation is from the serpent," who tempted Eve in the Garden …
Marine vet counts on prayer, faith to reunite with deported husband
IMAGE: CNS photo/PBS By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the quest to bring her deported Mexican husband, Marcos, back to the United States to live with her and their four children, Elizabeth Perez has frequently turned to prayer. Nothing else has worked. "My faith is the only thing that …
Pope urges students to see human actions behind suffering, war
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God does not play favorites, but human beings do in little ways at school and in big ways with the global economy, Pope Francis told students from Milan’s Istituto San Carlo, a school with students from prekindergarten through high …
People can call Jesus at any moment; he is always there, pope says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Everyone has a direct line to Jesus, who is always nearby, ready to listen and help, Pope Francis said. "Jesus likes to see the truth of our heart. Don’t pretend in front of Jesus. With Jesus, always say what you …
Catholic University students vote to block porn
By Christine Rousselle Washington D.C., Apr 5, 2019 / 02:20 pm (CNA).- Students at The Catholic University of America have asked the administration to ban the top 200 pornography websites from its internet system. The call came in a petition and resolution passed by the university’s Student Government Association and …
Museum of the Bible receives grants for big exhibit on science and faith
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Jacob Comello WASHINGTON (CNS) — From the 17th-century ban by the Vatican of Copernicus’ mathematical calculation that the sun was at the center of the solar system to modern-day arguments about evolution’s compatibility with a belief in God, science and faith have regularly butted heads …
Nation has gone down ‘dark road,’ needs ‘light of Christ,’ says bishop
IMAGE: CNS photo/Michael Mickle, The Catholic Virginian By Joseph Staniunas RICHMOND, Va. (CNS) — An estimated 7,000 people, including busloads from the Richmond and Arlington dioceses, converged on the state Capitol April 3 in Richmond for the first Virginia March for Life. On a cool, sunny day, schoolchildren, college students, …
Pope asks anti-trafficking nun to write Way of Cross meditations
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has asked an Italian nun, who has been on the frontlines in the fight against human trafficking, to write this year’s Way of the Cross meditations. Consolata Sister Eugenia Bonetti, 80, will prepare the texts for the …
To help Syrian refugees, get to roots of war, Melkite archbishop tells EU
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Melkite Catholic diocese of Furzol, Zahle and the Bekaa in Lebanon By BRUSSELS (CNS) — Aside from humanitarian assistance for Syrian refugees and concrete efforts to help them return to their homeland, the international community should work toward eradicating the roots of wars and violence, an archbishop …