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Press must be factual, free from manipulation, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People need factual and trustworthy news that avoids sensationalism and whipping up heated reactions, Pope Francis said.
Four national Catholic publications call for ending the death penalty
Four nationally circulated Catholic publications called for abolishing the death penalty in the United States in a jointly published editorial.
Need knows no season, but season of giving for tax credit ends Dec. 31
Since not every life-changing situation is budgeted for ahead of time, there's a no-cost way for Arizona taxpayers to support local nonprofits that help members of the community who are in crisis.
In invocation, priest asks God to keep nation ‘free of hatred, violence’
He didn't bring the delegates to their feet in cheers, but evoked heads bowed in silent prayer.
Patriarchs’ Lenten messages focus on struggles of Mideast Christians
The Middle East is suffering a "Way of the Cross" that is the greatest tragedy since World War II, Melkite Catholic Patriarch Gregoire III Laham said in a Lenten message about suffering.
Court grants visitation rights to father of Pakistani woman on death row
Authorities had repeatedly blocked a father from the prison following his daughter's 2012 conviction for blasphemy.
Pope condemns Mali attacks, calls for acts of kindness in broken world
The pope also asked people to pray for his first visit to Africa, Nov. 25-30, that it be "a sign of closeness and love."
Priest says situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate
The 50-day war cost the lives of more than 2,250 Palestinians a year ago, 65 percent of whom were civilians, with the blockade of Gaza by Israel growing more intense, a priest in Gaza City said.
Lenten fasting yields inner strength, solidarity
The Lenten pillar mirrors Jesus’ fasting in the desert and draws Catholics away from what isn’t heavenly to make room for what is.
