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- Cultivating a Sacramental Worldview: Priest Ponders Proper Outlook in ‘Mysterion’
  
  Courtesy photo Because he is primarily focused on helping readers to see all things anew, Father Ayre begins his book not with truth or morality, but with...
- Spanish Bishop to Belgian Bishops: The Church Does Not Have Authority to Bless Gay Unions
  
  Credit: Pixabay The Church has no such authority because a blessing is a sacramental.
- Pro-Life Caucus Forms in Colombia’s Congress After Legalization of Abortion, Assisted Suicide
  
  Credit: Pixabay The new pro-life caucus is made up of 25 representatives and 29 senators.
- Pastor and More Than 80 Others Kidnapped in Attacks on 2 Nigerian Churches
  
  Nigeria is a country in West Africa. More than a dozen escaped, and 43 remain captive.
- Padre Pio Sculptor’s Work Blessed on Saint’s Feast Day: ‘I Have to Honor Him’
  
  Courtesy of Timothy P. Schmalz Catholic artist Timothy Schmalz calls Padre Pio his favorite saint.

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- Experts urge world to deter Russia from using nuclear weapons in Ukraine
  
  WASHINGTON (CNS) — A former deputy secretary-general of NATO said threats from Russian President Vladimir...
- Making room: Catholics with disabilities hope synod will hear their voices
  
  VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Gospel of St. John tells the story of Jesus’ encounter...
- Northern Ireland census shows more Catholics than Protestants
  
  DUBLIN (CNS) — More people in Northern Ireland now identify as Catholic than Protestant for...
- Cardinal Parolin, Russian foreign minister meet at U.N.
  
  VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, met with Russian Foreign...
- Lori: After Roe, Catholics must help ‘build a world’ that welcomes all
  
  WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade “is, without question,...
News from the Vatican
- Science needs to have peace be its goal, Pontifical Academy of Sciences says
  
  Condemning all atrocities against civilians and crimes against humanity, members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences called for accountability and independent investigations into suspected war...
- Padre Pio showed the world that ‘God is real,’ Cardinal O’Malley says
  
  St. Pio of Pietrelcina did not boast of his fame or holiness but instead showed that God "chooses the weak to confuse the strong," said Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley of Boston.
- In Assisi, Pope ratifies vision for global economy in pact with young entrepreneurs
  
  Pope Francis made a daytrip to Assisi Saturday to meet with young economists and changemakers, signing a pact with them outlining a joint vision for a peaceful and just economy that is more equitable...
- As trial looms, influential cardinal hails Zen as ‘man of God’
  
  As the trial of Cardinal Joseph Zen, which was postponed but is set to begin next week, approaches in Hong Kong, a fellow cardinal has weighed in, praising Zen as both an authentic Chinaman and a...
- Vatican cyclist spreading the pope’s message at worlds
  
  Dutch-born cyclist Rien Schuurhuis will carry an enormous sense of duty when he races for the Vatican in Sunday’s road race at the cycling world championships in Wollongong, Australia.