2013-07-26T11:45:00+00:00

Last updated on: July 26, 2013 at 11:45 am   By

Rome, Italy, Jul 26, 2013 / 05:45 am (CNA).- On its 45th anniversary, Pope Paul VI’s encyclical that upheld the Church’s teaching on birth control is “incredibly up-to-date,” especially because it raises “the problem of a ... Read more

2013-07-26T09:41:00+00:00

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 26, 2013 / 03:41 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican's spokesman says Pope Francis will meet with eight local imprisoned youths on Friday morning, and that the Pope has also kept in touch with a separate group of young inma... Read more

2013-07-26T00:12:00+00:00

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Washington D.C., Jul 25, 2013 / 06:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Princeton law professor Robert P. George has been elected as chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, giving the prominent Catholic thinker a leading role in policy recomm... Read more

2013-07-26T00:01:00+00:00

Last updated on: July 26, 2013 at 12:01 am   By

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 25, 2013 / 06:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Archbishop of Tegucigalpa encouraged young people to follow the path of sanctity during his World Youth Day catechesis July 25, and called saints “the Christian's work of a... Read more

2013-07-25T22:39:00+00:00

Last updated on: July 25, 2013 at 10:39 pm   By

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 25, 2013 / 04:39 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The virtue of faith “accomplishes a revolution” in the lives of believers, which brings our way of thinking and acting into line with God's, Pope Francis told World Youth... Read more

2013-07-25T21:59:00+00:00

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 25, 2013 / 03:59 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After three days of rain in Rio de Janeiro, World Youth Day planners have decided to change the location of the overnight prayer vigil and closing Mass to Copacabana beach. The announc... Read more

2013-07-25T21:30:00+00:00

Last updated on: July 25, 2013 at 9:30 pm   By

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 25, 2013 / 03:30 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis asked for a moment of silence for 21-year-old pilgrim Sophie Morinière, who was on her way to participate in World Youth Day but died in a bus accident July 17. Dur... Read more

2013-07-25T18:18:00+00:00

Last updated on: July 25, 2013 at 6:18 pm   By

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 25, 2013 / 12:18 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis told a gathering of some 30,000 youth from his homeland that they are to “make a mess,” shaking up the comfort, self-satisfaction and clericalism of a Church clo... Read more

2013-07-25T18:01:00+00:00

Last updated on: July 25, 2013 at 6:01 pm   By

Bangkok, Thailand, Jul 25, 2013 / 12:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Paul Tschang In-Nam, the Apostolic Nuncio to Thailand, encouraged a large gathering of Thai Catholics to renew their lives during the Year of Faith. “Faith is a gift of God... Read more

2013-07-25T15:02:00+00:00

Last updated on: July 25, 2013 at 3:02 pm   By

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 25, 2013 / 09:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Speaking amid cheers in the soccer field of a Rio de Janeiro shanty town, Pope Francis urged people who are more economically privileged to “never tire” of working for solida... Read more

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