Catholic News Service
February 20, 2018
U.S. bishops declare national call-in day to urge Congress to save DACA
WASHINGTON – After the Senate failed Feb. 15 to garner the 60 votes needed to move a bill forward to protect the "Dreamers," officials of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced a "National Catholic Call-In Day to Protect Dreamers" Feb. 26.
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International
February 19, 2018
Christian leaders in Jerusalem protest plan to tax church properties
JERUSALEM – The heads and patriarchs of Christian churches in Jerusalem strongly denounced the city of Jerusalem's plan to force churches to pay property taxes.
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International
February 17, 2018
Time to be 'honest' in dialogue with Muslims, Chaldean archbishop says
WASHINGTON – If Christians in the Middle East are going to be "honest" with their Muslim dialogue partners, said Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, Muslims will have to acknowledge that the persecution of Christians in the region did not start with the Islamic State's rise to power in 2014.
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International
February 16, 2018
Pope's homily: Feel hunger and cover it up with a smile this Lent
VATICAN – Loudly boasting or complaining about fasting during Lent and treating others unkindly is not what God wants, Pope Francis said.
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Reflections
February 15, 2018
Pope updates resignation norms for bishops, prelates in Roman Curia
VATICAN – Updating the norms and regulations governing the resignation of bishops and of Roman Curia department heads who are not cardinals, Pope Francis said they will continue to hold office until he accepts their resignations.
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Vatican
February 15, 2018
Vatican denies report Pope Benedict has degenerative disease
VATICAN – The Vatican denied that retired Pope Benedict XVI has a degenerative neurological disease or paralyzing condition after his brother, 94-year-old Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, told a magazine that Pope Benedict had a debilitating disease.
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Vatican
MIAMI – Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski urged community members to come together "to support one another in this time of grief" after a shooting rampage Feb. 14 at a Broward County high school left at least 17 people dead.
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International
February 14, 2018
Lent is time to notice God's work, receive God's mercy, Pope says
ROME – Lent is a time for Christians to get their hearts in sync with the heart of Jesus, Pope Francis said.
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Reflections
February 13, 2018
Venerable Fulton Sheen's niece continues to fight for his body, progress his sainthood cause
NEW YORK – The case involving the transfer of the remains of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen from New York to Peoria, Illinois, has been sent back to the original court by the New York Court of Appeals for an evidentiary hearing.
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International
VATICAN – Waiting for a Vatican verdict on allegations that he sexually abused several boys in the 1970s, Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron of Agana, Guam, attended one of Pope Francis' weekly general audiences in February.
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International