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The Vatican's highest doctrinal official on Tuesday reaffirmed church teaching barring divorced and remarried Catholics from the sacrament without an annulment of their first sacramental marriage.
Eco Catholic: The question of how to feed an estimated 9 billion people by 2050 drew experts from around the world to Iowa for the annual World Food Prize conference.
by Michael Leach
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Soul Seeing: We placed a Buddha outside our kitchen window so we can look out and focus on peace.
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Publisher's column: Will a church groomed by compassion and mercy be the church of our future? Will our church be guided by the lives and needs of marginalized people?
by Christa Pongratz-Lippitt
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German Catholics won't be praying from a new translation of the Roman Missal as planned. In fact, the conference postponed the introduction of the new Mass prayers indefinitely.
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NCR Today: The latest on 'Bishop Bling'; Human trafficking tackled in San Jose, Calif.; @Pontifex; Philippines earthquake reconstruction; and more.
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At the Intersection: How do we get stuck on judging other people's behavior? I think it happens for two reasons.
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Distinctly Catholic: The USCCB has announced its top 10 candidates for presidency and vice presidency. Who will take the spots?
by Joshua J. McElwee
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A Swiss religion magazine is circulating a petition for Pope Francis to appoint women as cardinals and has attracted signatures of a number of European theologians and women religious.
by Joshua J. McElwee
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A report criticizing the nation's largest society of Catholic theologians for sometimes exclusing members with conservative views has caused the group to commit itself to greater inclusivity.
