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Prayers for Peace in Iraq: National Catholic Organizations Join Pope Francis

National Catholic organizations are joining Pope Francis in calling for prayers of peace in the midst of increasing violence in Iraq.
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Lent: Breaking the Bonds of a Throwaway Culture

“Are we a throwaway culture?” Pope Francis calls our generation to consider this question as we, a united body of brothers and sisters in Christ, reflect upon the extreme issue of United States’ Immigration Reform as a human rights issue and call into question how we are currently administering to those thrown into the societal margins of inequality.
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Lent: The Pope Francis Effect – Part 2

The key to understanding all this may well be found in Pope Francis’s belief that the most important Word of God for our times and for all times is the Good News of God’s mercy, forgiveness and love.