Pope Francis is calling us to serve the world's children who are migrants.

Pope Francis calls for greater efforts to protect and serve the world’s migrant children
“I ask everyone to take care of the young, who in a threefold way are defenseless: they are children, they are foreigners and they have no means to protect themselves,” Pope Francis said.
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Right now the AMA is against physician-assisted suicide.

These Catholic groups are hoping it stays that way.

Catholic groups urge American Medical Association to maintain its position against assisted suicide
The AMA's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs is gathering information to "outline the current landscape" on physician-assisted suicide.
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Precise about managing the 2,797 keys at the Vatican, Crea says he often can't find the one to his own front door.

The pope is not the only keeper of the keys in the Vatican
The key keepers are just some of the more than 3,000 lay people who perform unheralded jobs in a place that is known for pomp and circumstance.
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Lorena was 12 years old when her mother went to Spain in search of work. A week later, she began taking cocaine.

Creating a safe space for Honduran teens
Lorena was 12 years old when her mother went to Spain in search of work. A week later, she began taking cocaine.
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Party loyalty is sabotaging a healthy political culture.

Editors: 'See the person,' not the party, for a healthy country
Pope Francis recently voiced concern about countries that “are too politicized” but “do not have a political culture.” That is a good description of where the United States is heading.
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Traveling with Bob Dylan—winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature

Bob Dylan's Church(es): Travels in the North Country fair
I am a firm believer in the power of place.
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With uncertain financial markets and students protests turning violent, the South African government is charging its Minister of Finance with fraud.

A frequent Zuma government critic is charged with fraud
The decision by South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority on Oct. 11 to charge Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan and two associates with fraud is significant to say the least.
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The Catholic Church in the Western United States is booming. So why weren't they given a cardinal?

The U.S. church needs Latino leaders from the growing West
It was disappointing and shocking to find that this year’s list of new U.S. cardinals did not include someone from the West.
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"It is not just that your vote does not matter; it is that we know it does not matter."

Your vote for a major party will not matter. But there is another way
This is the year of the lesser evil. Some such counsel has been repeated over and again to Sanders-affected Democrats and Trump-averse Republicans.
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Hint: He's a Catholic and a Socialist.

You'd be surprised to learn the likely leader of the U.N.'s views on abortion
Hint: He's a Catholic and a Socialist.
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Trump demands an apology from the Clinton campaign for a string of leaked emails that critics say show an anti-Catholic bias from some of the Democratic nominee's top aides.

Trump campaign pounces on Clinton advisor’s hacked email about Catholic conservatives
“She did a big number on Catholics, a horrible number on Catholics...through her people,” Mr. Trump said.
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Rethinking Russia: Snapshots of a nation in transition.

Will the Old Russia allow a New Russia to emerge?
To what degree do the cathedrals, castles and museums reveal the total Russia? Not enough. With crumbling infrastructure and falling oil prices, Russia is suffering the longest recession since…
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The powerful storm killed at least 1,000 people in Haiti and at least 33 in the U.S. Catholic Charities has been on the ground helping with recovery.

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Pope Francis has called for a cease-fire in Syria—even if it's only temporary—so children can be rescued from the ruins.

Miserere nobis.

Pope Francis pleads for the rescue of children in Syria
Catholic charities around the world are advocating on behalf of children victims in Syria.
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The film is based upon the novel "Silence," by the Japanese Catholic author Shusaku Endo. In anticipation of the film's release, we've put together a collection of our coverage of "Silence" over the years.

Martin Scorsese has a new film about Jesuit missionaries in 17th century Japan. Yes, you read that right.
Check back here for reviews, interviews and more news about the film.
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This is a beautiful story.

This priest's story of persecution brought Pope Francis to tears. Now he's making him a cardinal
Cardinal-designate Ernest Simoni will be one of 17 prelates elevated to cardinal in a consistory on Nov. 19 at the Vatican.
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Redemption comes via “the path of humility and humiliations because humility never comes without humiliation. And we see Jesus humiliated on the cross,” Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis: Reject “cosmetic” religion that is concerned with its outward appearance
"Humility never comes without humiliation. And we see Jesus humiliated on the cross,” said Francis.
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Despite a failed vote, all is not lost in Colombia.

What the U.S. can do for peace in Colombia
The shock defeat was officially by less than a single percentage point.
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"Hell broke out," said one bishop, describing the conflict between students and security guards.

Jesuit priest shot with rubber bullet as student protests in South Africa turn violent
Police apparently fired a rubber bullet point blank into the face of a Jesuit priest near the Witwatersrand campus in Johannesburg.
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“I did not move, even when the police tried to intimidate me, because I believe in nonviolence; that is why I am priest and it is the basis of my Christian faith."

An interview with the Jesuit priest who was shot by the South African police during student protests
Graham Pugin, S.J., the Jesuit chaplain to the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) in Johannesburg is
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