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Memorial marking where Moses saw Promised Land reopens in Jordan

October 23, 2016

MOUNT NEBO, Jordan – The Memorial of Moses on Mount Nebo has reopened its doors to the public amid festivities, after nearly a decade of restoration.

'Today' show's Roker credits Catholic schools for success in life, career

October 22, 2016

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Al Roker, weather and feature anchor on NBC's "Today" show, told a Sioux City Catholic audience that he owes his success in life and his career to the Catholic education he received growing up.

Gloves come off at 71st annual Al Smith Dinner in New York

October 21, 2016

NEW YORK – When Donald J. Trump stepped over yet another invisible line of the contentious presidential race Oct. 20, many of the 1,500 people at 71st annual dinner of the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation broke historic precedent to boo him.

Site where Romans breached Jerusalem walls is pinpointed

October 21, 2016

JERUSALEM – The site where, nearly 2,000 years ago, the Roman army breached the outer walls of ancient Jerusalem before capturing the city and destroying the Second Jewish Temple has been discovered, the Israel Antiquities Authority says.

Church brings relief to typhoon victims in Philippines

October 21, 2016

A day after Typhoon Haima moved out to sea, the Caritas network in the Philippines is swinging into action.

Once Iraq recaptures Mosul, people will still need help, says archbishop

October 21, 2016

WASHINGTON – The military operation to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State group is not the only solution needed to get life back to normal, said Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil.

Papal summer residence opens to the public for the first time

October 21, 2016

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Pope Francis is throwing open the doors to the papal apartment – including the bedroom where popes have slept – in the Apostolic Palace at Castel Gandolfo.

Displaced Iraqi Christians await return to Mosul with bated breath

October 21, 2016

BAGHDAD – The Rev. Martin Banni, a Chaldean Catholic priest, grabbed the Eucharist, the church’s official documents and a few personal items ahead of the Islamic State fighters’ assault on Karemlash, a town 18 miles southeast of Mosul, two years ago.

Trump draws boos at Al Smith charity dinner

October 21, 2016

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton shared the stage at a charity dinner Thursday night, and while there were moments of civility between the two presidential candidates, at other times there seemed to be more hostility in the air than during the previous night’s debate.

Philadelphia Archbishop Chaput welcomes ‘smaller church’ of holier Catholics

October 21, 2016

In a stark prognosis for contemporary Catholicism, a leader of the conservative wing of the U.S. hierarchy has said that “a smaller, lighter church” of fewer but holier believers is preferable to one that promotes inclusion at the expense of traditional orthodoxy.