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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As more and more countries start to feel the economic pinch due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis urged business leaders to seek solutions that will not hurt employees and their families.

Pope Francis called on young people to reach out to their grandparents or the elderly who may be lonely or on their own.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Church resolves conflicts and discerns God’s will by patiently listening, discussing and deciding under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis said.

JERUSALEM (CNS) — Christmas is a reminder of the redemption granted by God, despite encounters with sins such as war, injustice and overconsumption, said the patriarchs and heads of Churches in Jerusalem in their joint Christmas message.

So why should anybody vote anyway? The Catholic Church sees voting as a moral obligation. The U.S. Catholic bishops' quadrennial document "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship" provides guidance to Catholic voters during a presidential election year and advises people they should be guided by their conscience rather than party affiliation.

The novena offers a way to spiritually unite the faithful in prayer, even if they can't attend a local, regional or national "life" event.

ROME (CNS) — St. John Henry Newman’s insights into the function and meaning of conscience “could not be more timely” given widespread moral confusion...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS) — Brothers Peter and Eli Hosh grew up knowing that their hometown was not only the place where they went to school and ran down to the corner market for their mother, but the town where Jesus was born.

The young man was one of at least 28 African American victims of racial terror lynching killed in Maryland between 1877 and 1950.

Two U.S. bishops said they welcomed the Supreme Court's 7-2 ruling July 8 which said California Catholic schools could not be sued for job discrimination in firing teachers. The bishops said the decision "rightly acknowledged" the limit on state authority.