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Church must have serious debate on celibacy, role of women, Cardinal Marx says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 12:07:48 -0400

The Catholic Church in Germany is at a point where serious debate – including on priestly celibacy and the role of women – and openness to doing things in a new way must encouraged, said the president of the German bishops' conference.

People need liberation and healing, not condemnation, Pope says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:20:11 -0500

VATICAN – Taking their cue from Christ, moral theologians can see that people need to be liberated and healed, not condemned, Pope Francis said.

Cardinal Müller warns against being silent, in error about Catholic faith in new manifesto

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 10:45:04 -0500

VATICAN – To keep silent about the truths of the Catholic faith or to teach the contrary is a form of religious deception that comes from the anti-Christ, said Cardinal Gerhard Muller.

Catholic social teaching supports basic income��Ƶapp aim

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:25:48 -0500

As Ontario courts grapple with the case against the provincial government on basic income, the Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice is reminding Catholics that Catholic social teaching demands society must provide an economic minimum that supports families and human dignity.

Death penalty is inhuman, ignores mercy, Pope Francis says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 11:17:13 -0500

VATICAN – The death penalty is an inhumane form of punishment that ignores the primacy of mercy in the name of justice, Pope Francis said.

Vatican urges adoption of global agreements on migration, refugees

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 09:17:49 -0500

VATICAN – Welcoming the finalization of global compacts on migration and on refugees, the Vatican urged nations to adopt the nonbinding agreements to protect people who are on the move and to promote their orderly acceptance in new countries.

Gene-editing human embryos 'a train wreck of a thing to do', ethicist says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:32:12 -0500

WASHINGTON – The revelation in late November that a Chinese researcher had edited genes in human embryos and then implanted them in a woman was "a train wreck of a thing to do," said an ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia.

We stand before the 'challenge of civilization', Cardinal Parolin says at U.N. Climate Change Conference

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 07:23:09 -0500

The Vatican challenged countries gathered for the 24th U.N. Climate Change Conference to focus on the needs of the present and the future as it worked to take swift action.

Feminists must 'reconcile with their roots', pro-life mission

mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 13:47:44 -0500

Pro-life women are portrayed as being on the outside looking in when it comes to today��Ƶapp feminist movement, but they actually are truer to feminism��Ƶapp roots.

Pembroke diocese expands Theology of the Body program for students

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:54:40 -0500

BARRY'S BAY, Ont. – Every week, Kayla Pires travels 70 kilometres to St. Hedwig��Ƶapp Parish in Barry��Ƶapp Bay, Ont., so she can learn more about her faith.