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Answering God's call demands courage to take a risk, Pope Francis says

March 11, 2019

VATICAN – Answering the Lord's call demands the courage to take a risk, but it is an invitation to become part of an important mission, Pope Francis said.

Four Catholic Relief Service staff, humanitarian workers aboard Ethiopian jet that crashed

March 11, 2019

WASHINGTON – Four Catholic Relief Service staff members on their way to a training session in Nairobi, Kenya, were among the passengers aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed moments after takeoff in the east African nation.

Pope Francis meets top Mormon leaders

March 11, 2019

VATICAN – Pope Francis welcomed top officials of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Vatican the day before the officials inaugurated their first temple in the city of Rome.

Avoid temptation, don't engage with the devil, Pope says at Angelus

March 11, 2019

VATICAN – When facing temptation, Christians should follow Jesus' example by not engaging in fruitless talk with the father of lies, Pope Francis said.

Benedictine abbot leads Pope, Roman Curia in Lenten retreat

March 11, 2019

VATICAN – When Pope Francis asked 50-year-old Benedictine Abbot Bernardo Gianni to lead his Lenten retreat, the abbot said he told the Pope he felt "very inadequate."

Art can inspire people to build sustainable future, says Vatican official

March 11, 2019

VATICAN – In a world of different religions, cultures and languages, art has the capacity to bring people together and inspire them to take action in addressing critical challenges, said a Vatican official.

Diocese concludes inquiry of French priest killed during Mass

March 11, 2019

VATICAN – The Archdiocese of Rouen concluded its sainthood inquiry into the life and death of a French priest who was killed while celebrating Mass.

CCO reaching beyond the campus world

March 11, 2019

The reach of Catholic Christian Outreach is now reaching even further.

March 12

St. Dominic's Laura Krajewski left an ‘incredible legacy’

March 12, 2019

Laura Krajewski was a light.

Ethiopian plane crash a tragic end to life full of promise

March 12, 2019

Among 18 Canadians who died in a March 10 plane crash in Ethiopia was a graduate of Toronto’s Catholic school system who had just been accepted into teachers’ college.

Central African Republic is the most dangerous country for children, UNICEF says

March 12, 2019

BANGUI, Central African Republic – Despite last month’s peace agreement between the Central African Republic government and rebel factions, the country’s citizens, especially children, continue to face violence and famine.

Chilean cardinal addresses rape case in Santiago cathedral

March 12, 2019

SANTIAGO, Chile – Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello of Santiago on Thursday denied knowing and giving money to the complainant in a rape case in the cathedral which took place in 2015.

Pope's sixth year in office marked by 'scourge of abuse, internal attacks'

March 12, 2019

VATICAN – Catholics cannot place blame for the sexual abuse crisis on "those who came before us" in an attempt "to present ourselves as 'pure,'" said the editorial director of the Vatican media outlets.

Archdiocese of Vancouver’s annual appeal tops $7 million

March 12, 2019

VANCOUVER – For someone like Thad, once convicted of a sex crime and now trying to put his old life behind him, a near-record-breaking year for Project Advance means another year of funding for the prison ministry program he relies on.

Indian congregation joyfully awaits its founder's canonization

March 12, 2019

THRISSUR, India – For the nearly 2,000 sisters and 200 women in formation who make up the Congregation of the Holy Family, the long wait is over.

Peter Stockland: A little elbow room for our list of wants

March 12, 2019

The heart of the Ottawa imbroglio over SNC-Lavalin can be found in remembering the time Justin Trudeau elbowed a female MP aside to get what he wanted.

Cardinal Pell sentenced to six years in prison on sex abuse charges

March 12, 2019

MELBOURNE, Australia – Cardinal George Pell, 77, was sentenced to six years in prison March 13, just over two weeks after a Melbourne court allowed the publication of news that he had been found guilty of sexually abusing two boys.

March 13

Saskatchewan government fights to pay for non-Catholic students at Catholic schools

March 13, 2019

REGINA – The government of Saskatchewan in Canada is arguing that it should be allowed to pay for non-Catholic students to attend Catholic school, appealing a 2017 court decision that could force up to 10,000 students out of Catholic schools because they are not Catholic.

Man who accused Pell questions six-year jail sentence, fears appeal

March 13, 2019

SYDNEY – A man Cardinal George Pell was convicted of sexually assaulting said he is finding it hard to "take comfort" in the cardinal's six-year jail sentence because a request to appeal the conviction is due to be heard June 5.

Indian bishop, guard hospitalized after 'planned attack' by parishioners

March 13, 2019

NEW DELHI – A Catholic bishop was hospitalized after a group of parishioners attacked him, a security guard and a priest in a five-decade-old land dispute in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.