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Pope Francis kisses the encolpion of Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, during a private meeting during the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions at the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 14, 2022. An encolpion is an episcopal pectoral medallion with an icon. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope: Religions must be purified of extremism, self-righteousness 

Pope: ‘It is time for open and compassionate hearts’

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Read more about the article Actor, filmmaker on North Dakota Catholic college’s faculty showcases state
This is a scene from the movie "Sanctified," which was shot in the Badlands of North Dakota in May 2021 and premieres Sept. 30, 2022, in Bismarck, N.D., theaters. The film's producer, Dan Bielinski, also is program chair of dramatic arts at the University of Mary in Bismarck. (CNS photo/courtesy University of Mary)

Actor, filmmaker on North Dakota Catholic college’s faculty showcases state

Bielinski’s goal is to ‘honor the true, the good and beautiful, no matter what genre of story.’

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Read more about the article Arriving in Kazakhstan, pope makes case for peace
Pope Francis greets journalists aboard his flight from Rome to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 13, 2022. The pope is visiting Kazakhstan to attend the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Arriving in Kazakhstan, pope makes case for peace

‘Our world urgently needs peace; it needs to recover harmony’

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Read more about the article Dominican sisters celebrate 50 years of religious life, friendship
Sister Elizabeth Anne Allen, OP, and Sister Jean Marie Warner, OP, of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia in Nashville, not only celebrated their Golden Jubilee on July 8, but they celebrated 50 years of friendship having met just a few months prior to them entering the convent and sharing each of their milestones together ever since.

Dominican sisters celebrate 50 years of religious life, friendship

‘In this case, it was the family God chose for us’

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