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"Who are we before God? What are our challenges?" Francis meets the Italian bishops...
Rocco Palmo
At the close of the Italian bishops' plenary this week in Rome, the home-bench – led by its primate, the Pope – gathered in St Peter's tonight to make a communal Profession of Faith as part of the ongoing Year of Faith. The event marked Francis' first full encounter with the powerful Italian conference, known as the CEI.

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The media coverage of Pope Francis’ "exorcism" isn't journalism. It's just embarrassing...
M.Z. Hemingway
It’s kind of charming that all popes have to deal with bad media coverage and global press frenzies. This week we’ve seen some awful media coverage of Pope Francis, including coverage of his blessing of a man after Mass on Sunday. Part of the blame must go to the Italian press, which really went crazy with the story in a way that might not be prudent.

Apologetics is not a telephone game...
Michelle Arnold
There once was a minister who noticed that his little boy and the neighbor kids had decided to put together a funeral for a dead bird they had found. Being the Preacher's Kid, the minister's son was deputed to lead the services. Standing before the tiny grave, shoebox casket waiting to be laid into the ground...

It's been one month since two Orthodox archbishops were kidnapped in Syria, and we still don't know who did it...

The surprising identity cards of the last two popes...
Sandro Magister
With a delay of two months with respect to the traditional timetable, the 2013 edition has finally been published of the Annuario Pontificio, the voluminous publication that constitutes a sort of who's who of the Holy See and of the whole Catholic Church, at least in its hierarchical component.

The Liturgy of the Hours for the rest of us...
Dan Burke
If you're like any number of Catholics, you've heard of the breviary, the Divine Office, and the Liturgy of the Hours. Maybe you've tried your hand at an Hour or two. Maybe you've even succeeded. But maybe, like many of our fellow Catholics, you've failed and given up...

Did Pope Francis really say that all atheists are redeemed?
Brandon Vogt
Yesterday, the Internet buzzed about some recent remarks from Pope Francis. A headline at Huffington Post read: "Pope Francis Says Atheists Who Do Good Are Redeemed, Not Just Catholics". A similar Reddit article became yesterday's second most-shared piece. But was the headline right? Did the Pope really suggest that all atheists are redeemed?

Pope Francis: Be "salt of the earth" and not "museum-piece Christians"...

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The fable of Can and Could...
Stacy Trasancos
This story won’t be new to anyone who has read the 1890 elementary textbook, Catholic National Reader, Book Four, but since that number of people may not be very great in 2013, I want to share a charming, poignant story about two people named Can and Could. I took some liberties for brevity. Could held himself in great esteem...

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"The Lord redeems all of us. Even the atheists..."

Appeals court strikes down Arizona law banning abortions at 20 weeks...

Man kills himself inside Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris...

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