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Barbiana, Italy, Jun 20, 2017 / 05:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Tuesday Pope Francis made a pilgrimage to the graves of two 20th century Italian priests, reflecting on charity and education, and calling on adults to form their consciences well, so that they may teach young people to do the same.Addressing educators, Pope Francis said June 20, “Yours is a mission full of obstacles but also of joys. But above all it is a mission. A mission of love, because you cannot teach without love and without the awareness that what you give is only a right that you recognize, that of learning.”“This is an appeal to responsibility. An appeal to you, dear young people, but first of all, adults who are called to live the freedom of conscience in a genuine way, as a search for the true, the beautiful and the good, ready to pay the price that this entails.”The Pope’s June 20 pilgrimage to the small Italian towns of Bozzolo and Bariana took place in commemoration of the 50t...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Josephine von DohlenWASHINGTON(CNS) -- After almost 12 years as an Episcopal priest, Deacon Jonathan Erdmanentered into full communion with the Catholic Church along with his family in2016 and a year later, he is becoming a Catholic priest.Hewill be ordained a priest of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. PeterJune 29.Thisspring, 590 men entered the priesthood in dioceses throughout the United States,according to a report released by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops inWashington. The report is based on an annual study that the Center for Applied Research inthe Apostolate conducted for the USCCB.Leadingto his joining the Catholic Church, Deacon Erdman felt something in thebackground repeatedly calling him to the church, but he said he continuallyfound new ways to distract himself."Ithink often when one hears God calling, a response can be thinking of anexcuse," Deacon Erdman said in a phone interview with Catholic News ServiceJune 14. ...
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PHOENIX (AP) -- Alan Schwandt was rushing to his second job of the day when his phone rang with another desperate Phoenix homeowner calling about a broken air conditioner in the midst of a scorching heat wave....
PHOENIX (AP) -- The first day of summer is forecast to bring some of the worst heat the southwestern U.S. has seen in years....
BEIRUT (AP) -- The U.S. military said it shot down an Iranian-made, armed drone in southern Syria on Tuesday, marking the third time this month that that the U.S. has downed aircraft affiliated with Syrian President Bashar Assad's government....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the death of 22-year-old Otto Warmbier after his lengthy detention in North Korea was a "total disgrace," and said if the college student had been returned home to the U.S. earlier, "I think the result would have been a lot different."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are getting ready for Senate votes on legislation scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday among growing indications that the climactic vote could occur next week....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The United States flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday in a show of force against North Korea, South Korean officials said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain said Tuesday that Americans who are "stupid" enough to still want to travel to North Korea should be required to sign a waiver absolving the U.S. government of any blame should they be harmed while there....