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“Just as young people must listen to older people, all of us must listen to young people,” said Pope Francis.

Pope Francis repeated what he had told a French journalist on the flight back from his trip to Kazakhstan in mid-September: The more people find a justification to kill someone, the more they kill.

A vision to form a brotherhood of permanent deacons for pro-life ministry — the first of its kind — became a reality this fall with the approval of the clerical association Deacons of Hope.

An Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse took evidence from 725 witnesses in 325 hearings, while the testimonies of 6,000 abuse survivors were collected separately.

Nine people, including clergy, were seized Sept. 16 when 60 attackers destroyed St. Mary’s Catholic Church in the southwestern village of Nchang, close to the Nigerian border.

Father Nolan, who was known for his gentle humility and keen sense of humor, advocated that theology must first come from the grassroots, and he saw himself first as a preacher rather than a scholar.

Religious leaders called for a week of fasting and prayer for the environment because of the devastation that illegal mining, or “galamsey,” is causing, including adversely affecting people’s health and the economy.

the nomination of Mariana Mazzucato raised concern in some quarters because of her retweets or positive comments on tweets in June criticizing the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overrule Roe v. Wade and affirm that there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States.