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RABAT, Morocco (CNS) — Celebrating Mass with members of Morocco’s tiny Catholic community, Pope Francis praised them for the many ways they “bear witness to the Gospel of mercy in this land.”

At Catholic Central High School, they blend in as regular students. In the nearby diocesan pastoral center, they're key accountants this time of year.

I used to think that fasting was worthless. I would find reasons to excuse myself from the obligatory Lenten practice: low blood sugar, anemia, etc.

Helen Kafka was born in 1894 to a shoemaker in Moravia and grew up in Vienna. At the age of 20, she joined the Hartmann Sisters, or Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, and took the name Maria Restituta after St. Restituta of Sora, who was beheaded in the third century, foreshadowing her own martyrdom.

The heart of the sacrament of reconciliation, Pope Francis said, is "not the sins we declare, but the divine love we receive, of which we are ever in need."

Keeping with the Diocese of Phoenix’s theme for its 50th anniversary, guests attending this year’s Crozier Gala April 27 will find a “Remembrance” theme guiding the night.

While many Catholics think about Catholic Relief Services during Lent, there are ways to do so beyond those 40 days. “It’s part of who...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has made it more than obvious that he does not like people kissing his ring.

St. Paul VI’s landmark encyclical Humanae Vitae was in its infancy when Cindy Leonard and her husband answered the call to share the Church’s good news about human sexuality and God’s plan for marriage.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Historically, it is a policy that is completely at the mercy of whichever party currently controls the White House.