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Obama reflects on 'blessed moments' he spent in Holy Land before Easter
Apr 06 2013
President Barack Obama said his visit to the Holy Land just before Easter gave him "blessed moments," he said at a prayer breakfast at the White House.

Pope’s spring calendar filled with liturgies, Year of Faith events
Apr 06 2013
Releasing the calendar of Pope Francis’ liturgical celebrations for April and May, the Vatican confirmed he would keep the Year of Faith appointments set by his predecessor, retired Pope Benedict XVI.

Through pope’s embrace, 8-year-old Rhode Island boy touches the world
Apr 05 2013
8-year-old son Dominic's chance encounter with Pope Francis in the middle of St. Peter’s Square has touched hearts around the globe.

U.S. Catholic school enrollment dropped last year but 28 schools opened
Apr 05 2013
Catholic educators opened 28 new schools and closed or consolidated 148 others during the 2012-13 school year.

Master of metaphor: Pope Francis can weave a vivid tale
Apr 04 2013
Metaphors are used extensively in the Bible and they pop up just as often in Pope Francis’ talks and teachings.

Pope expresses his closeness to victims of flooding in Buenos Aires
Apr 04 2013
Affirming his closeness to his “beloved Argentine people,” Pope Francis offered his prayers for the victims of recent flooding in Buenos Aires.

Attorneys general urge wider exemption for contraceptive mandate
Apr 04 2013
Thirteen state attorneys general asked the federal government to expand the religious exemption under the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate to private companies.

Safeguarding creation expected to be major theme at WYD in Rio
Apr 04 2013
When hundreds of thousands of young Catholics gather with Pope Francis in Rio de Janeiro, reflections on safeguarding the environment will be part of the program.

Pope says women’s love makes them privileged witnesses of Christ
Apr 03 2013
Women have a privileged role in the church because of their ability to pass on the faith through love, Pope Francis said.

From incarcerated California youth to pope: ‘You give me hope’
Apr 03 2013
Just a few hours before Pope Francis would celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at a youth detention center in Rome March 28, 11 Jesuit novices arrived at Los Angeles’ juvenile hall in Sylmar with their master of novices to wash the feet of 12 incarcerated teenage boys.