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The National Museum of African American History and Culture is set to open Sept. 24, 2016, in Washington.

New Smithsonian museum features stories of African-American faith

WASHINGTON – Long before the grand opening neared for the Smithsonian’s new museum devoted to African-American history, Amirah Muhammad had a difficult decision to make.

Pope Francis kisses a prayer card presented by a Missionaries of Charity nun at the conclusion of the canonization Mass of St. Teresa of Kolkata in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 4.

St. Teresa of Calcutta will always be 'Mother' Teresa, Pope says

VATICAN CITY – With a large tapestry bearing the portrait of the woman known as the "Saint of the Gutters" suspended above him, Pope Francis proclaimed the sainthood of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, hailing her courage and love for the poor.

Missionaries of Charity nuns present a relic of St. Teresa of Kolkata as Pope Francis celebrates the canonization Mass of Mother Teresa in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 4.

St. Teresa reliquary reflects her life, her works, priest says

VATICAN CITY – At every canonization ceremony, people connected to the new saint carry to the altar a relic – often a bone shard from the new saint's body. The relic presented at the Mass for St. Teresa of Calcutta was a few drops of her blood.

Blessed Teresa of Kolkata smiles during the opening of a Missionaries of Charity convent in Detroit in 1979.

In moment of doubt, Mother Teresa saved my vocation, says priest

VATICAN CITY – An Indian priest now working in the United States credits Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with saving his vocation.

Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, India, presents documents for a new house to a villager in 1994 in Mumbai, formerly Bombay. Mother Teresa will be canonized by Pope Francis Sept. 4 at the Vatican.

To Mother Teresa, love, caring trumped all

CALCUTTA, India – A favourite motto of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was: “Do small things with great love.”

Missionaries of Charity Father Francisco Akihiro from Japan is pictured outside an exhibit on Blessed Teresa of Kolkata in Rome Sept. 2. A personal encounter with Mother Teresa led Father Akihiro to become Catholic and eventually a priest. He was born into a Buddhist family and said he didn't know the name of Jesus.

Mother Teresa showed young Buddhist who Jesus is

VATICAN CITY – A personal encounter with Mother Teresa and her work serving the poor and the dying led a young Japanese man on a journey of faith and conversion.

Marcilio Haddad Andrino, whose cure from brain abscesses was accepted as the second miracle for the sainthood cause of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, speaks during a Sept. 2 press conference concerning her canonization at the Vatican. Mother Teresa will be canonized by Pope Francis Sept. 4.

Miracle is sign of mercy, says Brazilian who prayed to Mother Teresa

VATICAN CITY – The inexplicable recovery from a severe brain infection – attributed to the intercession of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta – is a sign that God's mercy is for everyone, said the Brazilian man who was healed.

An undated file picture shows Blessed Teresa of Kolkata holding a child during a visit to Warsaw, Poland. Mother Teresa will be canonized by Pope Francis Sept. 4 at the Vatican.

Mother Teresa is ‘Saint of the Doubters,’ says Jesuit author

The Rev. James Martin is a Jesuit priest and popular author who wrote about his lifelong fascination with the saints and the many aspects of sainthood in the Catholic tradition in the best-selling book “My Life With the Saints.”

A rendering of a hotel room inside the proposed Purpose Hotel.

Christian photographer tries Kickstarter campaign for a hotel with a purpose

Photography has taken Jeremy Cowart around the world. Cowart — recently featured in Christianity Today’s “Makers” issue and named the “Most Influential Photographer on the Web” by The Huffington Post — has photographed the Passion World Tour in 2008 and Britney Spears’ Circus World Tour in 2009.

L'Osservatore Romano published an article saying that scientific conclusions about sex differences have changed throughout history.

Vatican paper: Ideology can slant scientific views of difference in sexes

VATICAN CITY – Be cautious about scientific data that offer to be the sole basis and single explanation for the differences between men and women, the Vatican newspaper said.

Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 31. Marking the second World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the Pope referred to the care of the environment as a 'work of mercy.'

Pope Francis says care of environment a new ‘work of mercy’

In a message released Thursday (Sept. 1) to mark the Catholic Church’s World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, which Francis instituted last September, the pontiff noted that the worst impact of global warming was being felt by those least responsible for it — refugees and the poor.

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