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Pope: mercy, compassion at heart of new covenant

05:13 am | VATICAN CITY, Aug 6, 2014 (CNA/EWTN News).- In his first general audience since June, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the Church, explaining that Jesus fulfills the Old Testament by giving a new teaching on mercy in the beatitudes. 
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Catholic groups unite to help Iraqis ousted by extremists

04:00 am | MOSUL, IRAQ, Aug 6, 2014 (CNA).- Catholic Relief Services and Caritas have agreed to a common plan to help those who have fled from their homes in the portions of northern Iraq now controlled by the Islamic State. 
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Aid workers grateful for Gaza ceasefire, but remain wary

04:56 pm | JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, Aug 5, 2014 (CNA/EWTN News).- A new 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is offering locals and aid workers invaluable time to safely secure essential supplies, but many remain skeptical that it will bring an end to the region’s ongoing violence. 
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Campaign seeks to help educate escaped Nigerian schoolgirls

04:18 am | WASHINGTON D.C., Aug 5, 2014 (CNA).- As more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls remain missing after being kidnapped this spring, one human rights group has started a campaign to help educate those who were able to escape. 
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Pope thanks Knights of Columbus for their service, charity

In a message delivered to the Knights of Columbus' international convention, Pope Francis thanked the Catholic fraternal organization for their charitable activity, as well as for their defense of religious freedom.
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Middle East - Africa »

Do not become a prisoner of fear, Nigerian bishop urges

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, a city in northern Nigeria, has stressed the importance of remaining present to his people despite the looming threat posed by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram.
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Boston cardinal chides new Massachusetts buffer zone law

Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston has criticized a new Massachusetts law re-establishing buffer zones around abortion clinics after the old law was recently struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Bring Jesus to those outside Church, Pope tells altar servers

Pope Francis on Tuesday met with more than 50,000 altar servers on an annual pilgrimage to Rome from Germany, urging them to bring Jesus to the world, especially those outside the Church.
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Catholic religious brother dies of Ebola in Liberia

Saint Joseph’s Catholic Hospital and the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God in Liberia have announced that a hospital director passed away Aug. 2 after contracting the Ebola virus.
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Branded: Nazarene

Have you seen this symbol? This is the arabic letter “nun,” the first letter in the word “Nazarene.” In Mosul, Iraq, it has been painted on doors to identify the homes of Christians who are then brutally beaten and often executed. A militant Sunni organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [...]
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Peruvian abortion law prompts call for prayer, fasting

Archbishop Jose Antonio Eguren of Piura and Tumbes in Peru is calling on the faithful to pray and fast, asking God for the reversal of the nation’s new law allowing some abortions.
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Trust God's love in difficult times, bishop counsels

A relationship with God is the most important thing to remember in difficult times, said Bishop John Noonan of Orlando at the opening Mass for the 132nd Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention.
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A Saint for everybody

by Tina McCormick

Recently, a dear friend of mine asked me for advice. Her father had just been diagnosed with terminal cancer and, being a convert, she wasn’t sure which saint she should turn to in such a...
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God’s Mercy and Forgiveness – even in Boston

by Jennifer Manning

Boston. Beantown. Boston Strong. “The Athens of America.” Home of Red Sox Nation, Robert McCloskey’s Make Way for Ducklings, Cheers, and countless other cultural phenomena. But in 2002,...
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A treasury of blessing and gift for the world, concluded

by Sr. Joan L. Roccasalvo, C.S.J.

Despite the distress and unrest in the world, nothing can dispel the truth that we live in a universe of God’s grace.  The human and the holy need each other.  The Judeo-Christian ethos...
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Unreason unleashes a world of hurt

by Father Thomas Berg

Peer deeply into any one of the many contemporary conflicts afflicting human beings on the world stage—the ISIS purge of Assyrian Christians and other minorities from the boundaries of...
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August 6, 2014

The Transfiguration of the Lord

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First Reading:: Dan 7: 9-10, 13-14
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