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Mar 1, 2016, 11:00 AM
Jeanne Uwimbabazi smiles at her daughter Elissa Izibyose while feeding her porridge during a health and nutrition screening near Buruba Village, Muhanga District, Rwanda. Photo by Laura Elizabeth Pohl for Catholic Relief Services
Odette’s…
Feb 29, 2016, 11:00 AM
La Cuaresma, la intención de oración del papa Francisco y las lecciones de su viaje a México
Justamente este mes en su video de intención de oración, el papa Francisco pidió a la gente de todo el mundo que “cuidemos de la creación” y de nuestra casa…
Feb 29, 2016, 11:00 AM
During Pope Francis’ visit to Mexico last week he gave testimony to the effects of social, economic, and environmental exclusion by putting those on the margins -- migrants, prisoners, workers and indigenous peoples -- at the center…
Feb 25, 2016, 11:00 AM
[caption id="attachment_449" align="alignright" width="209"] Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz[/caption] When I read letters from those preparing for Confirmation (the majority of whom are in eighth grade), I always look…
Feb 23, 2016, 11:00 AM
A poster with the message, “Now is the time for Peace,” greeted bishops from Europe, South Africa, Canada and the United States when they arrived in Jordan for a solidarity visit. The “peace now” theme permeated meetings with…
Feb 22, 2016, 11:00 AM
Hongkham Phengsaphone, age 36, holds a bowl of lentils at the Nahangnoy Primary School, where CRS’ LEAPS program provides students with a free school lunch. Photo by Jim Stipe/Catholic Relief Services
Hongkham lives close to where she grew…
Feb 18, 2016, 3:08 PM
Image of Rachel Weeping statue and base at the Holocaust Memorial in Richmond, VA
Years ago when I served in Richmond, I had a view of a Holocaust Memorial on the grounds of the Cathedral outside my office window. It depicted Rachael weeping for…
Feb 15, 2016, 11:00 AM
Portrait of Maria Yelud Leyton Chavez, 18, in charge of the Borderlands project coffee quality lab at Pasto, Nario in Colombia. Photo by Oscar Leiva/Silverlight for Catholic Relief Services
Fighting between armed forces made life in…
Feb 9, 2016, 2:23 PM
Deacon Al Turner, MTS
Why do we celebrate Black History month? What does it mean to us as black Catholics?
Black people have experienced the faith in the context of enslavement, civil war, Jim Crow, separate and un-equal, the civil rights…
Feb 5, 2016, 1:00 PM
My wife and I stood in our little kitchen, washing and drying our dishes. It was Ash Wednesday. We had gone to different Masses that day and were commenting on the homilies we had each heard. The priest who had celebrated the Mass at which my wife…
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