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Pope Francis, voice for the poor who transformed the Catholic Church, dies on Easter Monday
Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday, ...
As Catholic Church Enters New Era, Conservative U.S. Members Push It Right
Adherents are reviving old practices and growing more assertive in the battle for the future of the Church—and the nation.
Pope’s frequent calls to a Catholic church made him a revered figure in war-battered Gaza
In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza ...
St. Thomas More Catholic church closing on SW Side; money raised for Greenstone Church in Pullman
In the Pullman neighborhood, enough money has been raised to keep a church afloat, but for parishioners at a Catholic church on the Southwest Side, this will be the last Easter Sunday service before ...
Francis changed church policy on the death penalty and nuclear weapons but upheld it on abortion
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...
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From 65 feet above the altar, Ukrainian master races to finish Texas church's Easter icon
Vladimir Grygorenko is decorating the dome of a North Texas Christian Orthodox Church with an iconic representation of the ...
Raging fire engulfs NYC Catholic church less than 24 hours before Easter Sunday mass: FDNY
The flames broke out at Saint Edmund Church of the Holy Trinity Parish at 204-25 Rockaway Point Boulevard just before 2 p.m.