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A view of the Xingu River being flooded by the building of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Pimental, Brazil, is shown in this Nov. 23, 2013, photo. The president of the Latin America Jesuit Conference said without the Amazon, "we all go under." (CNS photo/Paulo Santos, Reuters)

Jesuit: Without the Amazon, ‘we all go under’

Rhina Guidos
April 2, 2019
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At the start of a mid-March gathering at Georgetown University, organizers asked church leaders, activists and members of indigenous communities to think of a person they knew who had worked in defense of the environment and to call out his or her name.

Canadian Immaculate Conception Sister Marie-Paul Ross, pictured in this undated photo, has a Ph.D. in clinical sexology. Sister Ross said sexual immaturity and deviance are part of the sex abuse crisis the church faces. (CNS photo/Philippe Vaillancourt, Presence)

Canadian nun, sexologist: Catholics must increase their sexual maturity

Catholic News Service
April 2, 2019
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A Canadian nun with a Ph.D. in clinical sexology said the sex abuse crisis in the church does not mean “the end of faith” but rather “the end of a lack of formation and the end of deviance,” and a call to return to Jesus’ message of love.

Eileen Dickey prays over a caregiver’s hands during Holy Family Parish's fifth annual Pampering and Prayer Day for caregivers March 30 in Davidsonville. (Karen Sampson Hoffman/For the Review)

Davidsonville parish offers ‘pampering and prayer’ for caregivers

Karen Sampson Hoffman
April 1, 2019
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Sponsored by the Faith and Abilities ministry and supported by additional parish groups, the day brings together those who care for family members with illness or disability.

An army special forces soldier checks a machine gun before an infiltration exercise in Ilopango, El Salvador, May 4, 2016. In a recent interview, Pope Francis said countries that sell arms have no right to talk about peace. (CNS photo/Jose Cabezas, Reuters)

Pope: Countries that sell arms have no right to talk about peace

Junno Arocho Esteves
April 1, 2019
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Nations that actively engage in arms dealing and help foment war in other countries should not expect to find peace in their own lands, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis greets a nun during a meeting with priests, religious men and women and the ecumenical Council of Churches at the cathedral in Rabat, Morocco, March 31, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Mission success isn’t measured by numbers, pope says in Morocco

Cindy Wooden
March 31, 2019
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The Christian mission is not about numbers of converts, but about changing people and the world by being witnesses of God’s mercy and love, Pope Francis told missionaries in Morocco.

Pope Francis and King Mohammed VI of Morocco visit the Mohammed VI Institute for the training of imams and preachers in Rabat, Morocco, March 30, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope visits Muslim training center, migrants in Morocco

Cindy Wooden
March 31, 2019
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Moving from ideals and principles to concrete examples, Pope Francis met in Morocco with Muslim men and women studying to be prayer leaders and preachers and with dozens of migrants assisted by Caritas.

Pope Francis attends a welcoming ceremony with King Mohammed VI of Morocco in the square outside the Royal Palace in Rabat March 30, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Education, dialogue essential for peace, say pope and king

Cindy Wooden
March 31, 2019
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Pope Francis described his visit as another occasion to promote interreligious dialogue as part of the celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the meeting of St. Francis of Assisi and Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil in Egypt.

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