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While the forces of imperialism seem inescapable, the role of the church is to show the way out.
Amid supply chains, climate change, and war, the Bible calls us to ask: “Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food?”
Speaking near the site of a former residential school, Francis apologized for Christian support of the “colonizing mentality” of the times and called for a “serious investigation” of so-called residential schools.
The guidelines order Vatican departments to close their investment accounts or stock holdings in foreign banks and transfer them to the Vatican Bank.
“I am open to giving (women) an opportunity,” Pope Francis said in the part of the 90-minute interview that discussed the new constitution for the central administration, known as the Curia.
The pope defended the Vatican’s secret agreement with China to appoint bishops, comparing it to Soviet-era compromises with USSR countries.
Monstrous mountains of our own making are growing in number in the driest non-polar desert on Earth.
Chaplains aren’t free to oppose military doctrines or actions, even if they contradict the teachings of the church.
The parish voted 4-1 to join the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
How advocates hope to overhaul the U.S.’s dysfunctional immigration system, from asylum to border security and migrant protection.
The Vatican said it was concerned after Cardinal Joseph Zen was charged with foreign collusion in arrests made Wednesday.
