Read more about the article Bishops back administration’s ‘Uniting for Ukraine’ refugee initiative 
Ukrainian refugees in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, walk towards a registration center for internally displaced people April 21, 2022, after arriving in a small convoy that crossed through a territory held by Russian forces. (CNS photo/Ueslei Marcelino, Reuters)

Bishops back administration’s ‘Uniting for Ukraine’ refugee initiative 

Bishops back administration’s ‘Uniting for Ukraine’ refugee initiative

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Read more about the article Be voice of God to all, pope tells missionaries of mercy 
Pope Francis greets a priest during an audience with Missionaries of Mercy priests at the Vatican April 25, 2022. The pope commissioned the priests during the Year of Mercy for the special mission of preaching God's mercy and showing it, especially through the sacrament of reconciliation. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Be voice of God to all, pope tells missionaries of mercy 

'Always forgive. Don’t put it off,’ pope says

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Read more about the article Light of risen Christ dispels darkness of fear, pope tells young people 
Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with thousands of young people taking part in a pilgrimage organized by the Italian bishops' conference in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 18, 2022. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)

Light of risen Christ dispels darkness of fear, pope tells young people 

Fears ‘must be brought to light’

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Read more about the article With martial arts, priest helps students make body, mind, soul connection 
Father Guy Roberts instructs Atlas Jackson, a student at St. Barnabas School in Indianapolis, in taekwondo March 9, 2022. Father Roberts, a black belt in taekwondo, is pastor of St. Barnabas Parish. (CNS photo/John Shaughnessy, The Criterion)

With martial arts, priest helps students make body, mind, soul connection 

Lessons can help students deepen their relationship with God

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Read more about the article Priest says pope’s visit to Congo will let world know about its conflicts 
Internally displaced Congolese women and children, who fled from recurrent earth tremors after the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, shelter inside a church in Sake, Congo, May 28, 2021. (CNS photo/Djaffar Al Katanty, Reuters)

Priest says pope’s visit to Congo will let world know about its conflicts 

Nation’s divisions have led to ‘violations of human dignity’

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Read more about the article Eucharistic revival called ‘a movement’ that gets to core of Catholic faith 
Tim Glemkowski, seen in this undated photo, is the newly named executive director of the National Eucharistic Congress Inc., a new entity formed in early 2022 to oversee the bishops' three-year eucharistic revival and 2024 eucharistic congress. Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., chairman of the board of the National Eucharistic Congress Inc. announced Glemkowski's appointment April 4, 2022. Bishop Cozzens is chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis. (CNS photo/Holly Freeman, courtesy Eucharistic Congress)

Eucharistic revival called ‘a movement’ that gets to core of Catholic faith 

God is alive and real and can be encountered in the Eucharist

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Read more about the article Russian soldiers attack Caritas office, ransack seminary 
The Caritas Ukraine office in Mariupol is pictured in a screenshot. In a statement published on its website, Caritas Ukraine said several people "were hiding from shelling and looking for a safe haven" in its Mariupol office when a Russian tank fired on the building, killing seven people. (CNS screenshot/Caritas Twitter feed)

Russian soldiers attack Caritas office, ransack seminary 

Calls for peace, sparing of civilians renewed

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