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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Urging world leaders to take steps to ensure the physical, psychological and spiritual growth of children, Pope Francis acknowledged the Church’s failure to protect children.

A young Arizona dad was among the repeat "attenders" and encouraged younger brothers to come. "It was a great experience for me when I came in 2013. It's a great place to encounter a lot of people, and we're all here to encounter Christ," he said.

Over the past decade there has been an ever-growing awareness and discussion of gender identity and transgenderism.

The arrival of the Magi may be the most famous part of Matthew’s infancy narrative. What are some little-known elements in both scriptural and traditional accounts of the Magi?

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The clerical abuse crisis and the “crisis of credibility” it created for the U.S. bishops have led to serious divisions within the U.S. Church and to a temptation to look for administrative solutions to problems that go much deeper, Pope Francis told the U.S. bishops.

The annual "Lessons and Carols" performance will have a unique personal aspect to it featuring a relationship of artists of three different generations.

His name wasn’t even mentioned on his baptismal record. No U.S. seminary wanted him. Now he's on his way to sainthood with his story coming to Valley stages.

Born Zoe Labouré, this visionary lived simply and anonymously for 45 years as a Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in Paris.

He was known as monsignor, superintendent, rector, vicar general, proud Army veteran and chaplain many times over. His preferred title, however was simply “Fr. Ed.”

Fathers and mothers have the ability and responsibility to lead their families to holiness, wrote Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted in an apostolic exhortation published Dec. 30.