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IMAGE: CNS/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Parents are charged with guardingthe faith given to their children at baptism and helping them become truewitnesses by example rather than just rules, Pope Francis said. By asking the church for faith for their children through the sacramentof baptism, Christian parents have the task of helping their children to growso that they "may be witnesses for all of us: also for us priests, bishops,everyone," the pope said during a Mass in the Sistine Chapel.During the Mass Jan. 8, the feast of the baptism of theLord, Pope Francis baptized 28 infants -- 15 boys and 13 girls. "Faith is not reciting the 'Creed' on Sunday when wego to Mass: It is not only this," the pope said. "Faith is believingthat which is the truth: God the father who has sent his son and the Spirit which gives us life."The pope's brief homily centered on the meaning of faith,which he described as a lifelong journey that "is lived" and leadsto beco...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church is "veryfar" from a situation in which the pope is in need of "fraternalcorrection" becausehe has not put the faith and church teaching in danger, said Cardinal Gerhard Muller,prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.Interviewed Jan. 9 on the Italian all-news channel, TGCom24,Cardinal Muller said Pope Francis' document on the family, "Amoris Laetitia," was"very clear" in its teaching.In the document, the cardinal said, Pope Francis askspriests "to discern the situation of these persons living in an irregularunion -- that is, not in accordance with the doctrine of the church on marriage-- and asks for help for these people to find a path for a new integration intothe church according to the condition of the sacraments (and) the Christianmessage on matrimony."In the papal document, he said, "I do not see anyopposition: On one side we have the clear doctrine on matrimony, and on theother th...
IMAGE: CNS/ReutersBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Looking out over St. Peter's Square whereicicles hung from usually bubbling fountains, Pope Francis prayed for thehomeless.The freeze in Rome, subzero temperatures in large parts ofEurope and heavy snowfalls in many areas in early January forced the closure ofroads and schools and were blamed for at least a dozen deaths."In these very cold days, I think and I invite you tothink of the people who live on the streets, struck by the cold and, manytimes, by indifference," Pope Francis told people in St. Peter's SquareJan. 8."Unfortunately, some have not survived," the popetold people who had bundled up against the midday chill to recite the Angelus prayerwith him. "Let us pray for them and ask the Lord to warm our hearts sothat we can help them."Because of the cold weather, the papal charities officeinstituted a 24-hour open-door policy at the shelters it runs with theMissionaries of Charity for homeless men and homeless women. Usu...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- You fly more than 100 miles for love. You get rejected. You fly another 100 miles. Another rejection. And another....
Weekend warriors, take a victory lap. People who pack their workouts into one or two sessions a week lower their risk of dying over roughly the next decade nearly as much as people who exercise more often, new research suggests....
Baylor is No. 1 in The Associated Press men's basketball poll for the first time....
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A massive storm system stretching from Northern California to Nevada sent rivers overflowing and toppled trees - prompting evacuations, school cancellations, road closures and warnings of dangerous mudslides for hillsides parched by wildfires last summer....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A massive manhunt was underway Monday in the popular tourist destination of Orlando as authorities searched for a man accused of shooting and killing a police officer....
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Meryl Streep's acceptance speech after receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes turned out to be the opening volley in a war of words with President-elect Donald Trump....
