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August 10, 2017

Ex-Vatican diplomat: U.S., North Korea must return to negotiating table

The United States and North Korea must return to the negotiating table and focus on improving the quality of life of their people rather than on the might of their advanced weaponry, according to Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, former Vatican representative to U.N. agencies in Geneva.
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Weigel’s new book recounts “unexpected” connection to St. John Paul II

How did a Baltimore boy get connected to Pope John Paul II, and how did he come to write “Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II,” published in the fall of 1999, and “The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II—The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy.” Listen to...
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Pope says he’s saddened by ‘perfect’ Catholics who despise others

God did not choose perfect people to form his church, but rather sinners who have experienced his love and forgiveness, Pope Francis said.
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Navy chaplain

Chaplain offers Mass aboard ship for Marines killed in crash of Osprey

Just hours after a Marine aircraft crashed off the east coast of Australia, killing three Marines, a U.S. Catholic chaplain serving on the USS Bonhomme Richard offered a Mass and prayers Aug. 6 for the victims, the survivors and their families.
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