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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Human beings are called to praise God for His gift of creation, not be predators out to plunder the earth and all it contains, Pope Francis said.

(CNA) — German King Henry II who led and defended Europe’s Holy Roman Empire at the beginning of the first millennium.

Down syndrome babies are being identified, targeted and terminated in a form of prenatal genocide due to prenatal testing.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Every life is valuable, always,” Pope Francis tweeted after offering prayers for Vincent Lambert, a 42-year-old French man who died July 11, nine days after doctors stopped providing him with nutrition and hydration.

While red might be the color we most closely associate with Jesus’ death on the Cross; red, white and blue were the colors filling St. Thomas the Apostle Church as the Diocese of Phoenix marked the nation’s 243rd birthday with its annual Independence Day Prayer for America and Rosary for the United States.

Tucson's Catholic Charities is scheduled to vacate a shelter at a former Benedictine monastery July 31. A tentative agreement could move it to an unused juvenile detention facility.

The California bill was shelved by its sponsor amid a remarkable grassroots campaign mounted by the state's Catholics, members of other faith groups, and religious liberty advocates from across the country.

Rose Lavelle scored the second goal padding the U.S. team's 2-0 final score against Netherlands.

PEORIA, Ill. (CNS) — As Bonnie Engstrom watched lifesaving measures being taken for her son, who had been born just moments before without a pulse or drawing breath, she asked for help from the person whose prayerful support she had sought throughout her pregnancy: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

VATICAN CITY (CNA) — Pope Francis approved the miracle attributed to Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen Friday, making possible the American television catechist’s beatification.