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- Conversion Is Nourished by Hope in God’s Mercy
  
  Jean-Jacques Scherrer, “Joan of Arc Enters Orléans,” 1887 ‘Christ's call to conversion continues to resound in the lives of Christians. This...
- Hell Is Being Alone, Absolutely and Forever
  
  José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, “Judas’ Regret,” 1880 ‘To die in mortal sin … means remaining separated from God forever by our own free choice...
- Priest Kidnapped in Haiti; Captors Demand Ransom
  
  Above is an aerial view of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Father Antoine Macaire Christian Noah was abducted when he was going to his missionary...
- European Bishops Call for Release of Nicaraguan Bishop Due to Stand Trial for Conspiracy
  
  Judiciary of Nicaragua Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, is shown during the indictment presented by the dictatorship of Nicaragua on Jan...
- Churches Come to the Aid of Earthquake-Stricken Syria
  
  Clockwise from top: Damage in Aleppo, Syria, is seen in the aftermath of the Feb. 6 quake. The Mekhtarist Armenian Catholic School in Aleppo sheltered...
News from the Vatican
- Francis accuses critics of ‘instrumentalizing’ death of Benedict XVI
  
  “People wanted to score points for their own side,” Francis said. "The people who instrumentalize such a good person, so close to God…those people don’t have ethics, they are people who belong to a...
- Pope taps American to head Vatican’s powerful Dicastery for Bishops
  
  Pope Francis has tapped Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native who currently leads the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru, to take over the Dicastery for Bishops.
- In Congo, South Sudan, Pope will see the Church on the frontlines
  
  Pope Francis heads to the war-torn African nations of the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan this week, where the church has long been on the frontlines of relief efforts amid war, poverty...
- Pope heads to battered Congo, South Sudan as a herald of peace
  
  Pope Francis will further cement his legacy as an advocate for the suffering and marginalized this week as he heads to Africa for the fourth time, visiting the ravaged nations of the Democratic...
- Pope’s chief of staff could undercut star witness in Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’
  
  Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra’s testimony is considered especially crucial to the defense case, since theoretically it could undercut the credibility of the star witness for the prosecution, Italian...
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