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Beacon of faith: Lebanese town builds giant floating rosary at sea

By Marguerita Kallassy

A Lebanese Catholic man has created a giant rosary that floats upon the Mediterranean waves. Joe Abdel Sater, a swimming instructor in the seaside town of Bouar, built the world’s largest rosary on the ocean May 11 — with the help of family and friends — on the feast of Our Lady of the Seas. …

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5/17/24

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U.S.-based relief organization supports pope’s efforts in Gaza, Ukraine

By Carol Glatz

VATICAN CITY — True change comes to people’s lives and communities when both spiritual and material needs receive care, said the president of a Catholic relief and development organization based in Boca Raton, Fla. “When you see communities that integrate holistically, integral human development, the spiritual, the social and the material, you see people that …

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5/16/24

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Pope meets senior priests, encourages dialogue with young clergy

By Cindy Wooden

ROME — Pope Francis, who was ordained to the priesthood 54 years ago, encouraged senior priests in the Diocese of Rome to be “witnesses of memory,” sharing their faith and experiences with younger clergy and not being afraid to argue with them from time to time. The pope met May 14 with some 70 priests …

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5/16/24

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Christian love embraces the unlovable, enemies, the unborn, pope says

By Carol Glatz

VATICAN CITY — While it is easy for people to love what is good and beautiful or to be generous and heroic for an ideal, Pope Francis said Christian love embraces what is not lovable, it offers forgiveness and blesses one’s enemies. This “greater love,” which comes from God, “drives us where humanly we would …

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5/16/24

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