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Over the past week, Pope Francis has launched a crescendo of attacks on the global financial system and what he calls a "cult of money" that does not help the poor.

You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass.

TWO of the most senior archbishops in the country have differed on whether pro-choice Catholics should be prevented from receiving communion.

Denver, Colo., May 19, 2013 / 06:02 am .- On May 25, the Catholic Church celebrates Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, an Italian noblewoman of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries who became a Carmelite nun distinguished for her intense prayer life and devotion to frequent Holy Communion.

Father Alban Riley at the Westminster Abbey in Mission, which was built in the 1950s.

The Catholic Church unveiled a new iPad application this week, intended to keep the faithful abreast of Vatican comings-and-goings, as well as other news from the church's missions throughout the world.

POPE Frannie is bedding in nicely, having told Cardinal O'B a whisky and frisky priest to forget about retiring to Dunbar and head elsewhere, possibly via Ryanair, "for the purpose of spiritual renewal, prayer and penance". POPE Frannie is bedding in nicely, having told Cardinal O'B a whisky and frisky priest to forget about retiring to Dunbar and ... (more)

An attempt by politicians in Ireland to alter their country's ban on abortion reaches Massachusetts on Monday when Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny gives an address to graduates at Boston College, a Catholic university.

This week, Bernard Sanders, the socialist independent U.S. Senator from Vermont, stood up in front of his colleagues to quote the Pope.

Pope Francis met on May 17 with directors of the Pontifical Missionary Works , and urged them to "keep evangelization, the paradigm of every act of the Church, alive." The Pope said that POM is distinguished by the fact that it is "at the Bishop of Rome's direct disposal," but went on to say that the mission to spread the faith involves every ... (more)

Cagliari, Italy, May 17, 2013 / 05:05 am .- Father Giovannino Tolu said his heart began racing when he heard that Pope Francis will the visit the shrine he oversees on the Italian island of Sardinia, making it the fourth time he has received a pontiff.

"I found Oakland to be the biggest surprise of my life," said the Most Rev. Alex J. Brunett, who since Oct.

There is nothing unusual about a Catholic leader urging priests to draw closer to their flocks, to focus on day-to-day issues that bridge the gap between pulpit and pew.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, made a quick trip to Rome Saturday for a private meeting with Pope Francis, focusing on how Europe's struggling economy should be at the service of the people.

Thousands of protesters, led by trade unionists, have rallied in the Italian capital Rome against the policies of the new coalition government.

"On a scale of 1 to 10, the Pope's interest in eradicating hunger is at 11," the director general of the FAO says.

The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad." The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor began when parents of three of ... (more)

Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta has a special briefcase he uses exclusively to carry documentation for a project that would completely revise an entire section of the Catholic Church's basic law.

Ernst von Freyberg told the bank's employees of the changes, which should be in place by the end of the year, this week, according to Vatican Radio.