VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Warning against a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and ongoing conflicts elsewhere, Pope Francis has called for…
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Why is weight so hard for people?
Food and weight, and exercise, and being healthy. Such important topics that have disappeared off the radar, with the global…
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Almsgiving and the challenge of encounter
In the fading days of summer, Kiwi Catholics know that another season looms — Lent, with its increased focus on prayer, almsgiving…
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Fasting not a kind of competition, nuncio says
by MICHAEL OTTO The Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand has cautioned seminarians and theology students not to treat lenten fasting…
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