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Justice and kindness the ecumenical path: Bendict XVI

Justice, kindness, humility must mark ecumenical journey, pope says

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead an ecumenical evening prayer service to mark the close of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome in January 2011. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring

Violent games might not kill people

Recent massacres involving firearms in the United States have once again prompted questions on the impact of violent video games. But is it more complicated then commentators let on?

A scene from best selling first person shooter game Call of Duty 3. Some have blamed such games for real world killings involving firearms. PHOTO: CNS

Chief reflects, fresh from fending off half-naked protest

By Carol Glatz Spirit and prayer come in handy for the "delicate" and unique mission of helping protect the pope and maintain law and order on the Vatican's perimeter, said the head of an Italian police force's special unit. Performing police and security duties "in the heart of Christianity" is a one-of-a-kind operation, Enrico Avola, general director of the Inspectorate for Public S...

Pope Benedict XVI greets Domenico Giani, the Vatican police chief, during a private audience at the Vatican on January 11. PHOTO: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano

First UK Ukrainian eparch

Pope establishes Holy Family Eparchy for Ukrainians in Great Britain

Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, 58, the new eparch for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain. PHOTO: CNS/Daniele Colarieti, Catholic Press Photo

Even nonbelievers seek God

Everyone, even atheists, has human desire to know who God is, pope says

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta smiles after meeting Pope Benedict XVI on January 16. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring

People afraid to enter our churches: Mali prelate

Bishop in Mali says people in hiding, afraid to enter churches after Ethnic Tuareg rebels seeking to establish a separate state overran most of northern Mali last year

Twins Hawa and Adama Keita, 15, warm a pot of tea in late November outside an area to which 15 other family members have migrated since a March 2012 military coup in Mali. PHOTO: CNS/Helen Blakesley

Women religious take to flight

By Peggy Weber They come from California, Delaware, Pennsylvania and India. One is a nurse; another was an assistant manager at a Walgreen's. They have different life experiences and span several decades in age. However, the four newest members of the Visitation Monastery in Tyringham have one thing in common: They all feel drawn to the life of a cloistered nun. Their calling --...

Visitation Sisters Anna Thannical, Jennifer Mendenhall, Bernadette Heffernan and Joanna Armstrong at the Visitation Monastery, Massachusetts. PHOTO: CNS/Peggy Weber, Catholic Communications Corporation

Rights in want of true justice

People have a natural sense of justice. Forty years after Roe v Wade, it’s time to correct its distortion says Bishop Edward Burns.

A woman holds a sign mocking U.S. President Barack Obama during the March for Life rally in 2009 on the National Mall in Washington. PHOTO: CNS/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters

‘Visions’ a possible threat say bishops

Nigerian bishops caution government about religious prophesies

African bishops and a priest leave a session of the Synod of Bishops for Africa at the Vatican. PHOTO: CNS/Paul Haring

Love is the answer to forty-year killing

‘Youth-friendly’ novena part of ‘Nine Days’ event to mark Roe decision

Retired Supreme Court Justice Byron White, second from right, poses in this 1991 with the U.S. Supreme Court justices. PHOTO: CNS

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