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In this July 30, 2015, file photo, a parishioner walks past the altar as members of Lower Dafei Catholic Church hold an impromptu prayer vigil as they wait for Chinese officials to arrive and cut down their church's cross in Lower Dafei Village near Wenzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang Province. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
FaithNews
Louise Watt - Associated Press
The German ambassador to China called on authorities to end the apparent confinement of a Catholic bishop.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Parents must help young people see the blessing of growing into adulthood, Pope Francis told priests, religious, catechists and parish council members.
Pope Francis greets bishops as he arrives at Bozzolo, near Cremona, northern Italy, to pray at the tomb of Don Primo Mazzolari, on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Pope Francis is making a pilgrimage to northern Italy to honor two 20th-century parish priests whose commitment to the poor and powerless brought them censure from the Vatican. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated PressAntonio Calanni - Associated Press
Pope Francis made the pilgrimage to honor two 20th-century parish priests whose commitment to the poor and powerless brought them censure from the Vatican.
FaithLast Take
Astrid Lobo Gajiwala
Their invalid marriages put these Catholics on the margins of the church.
James Martin, S.J. (Photo: Dan Creighton, Fordham University)
FaithBooks
James Martin, S.J.
Even negative reactions are part of the conversation that I hoped the book would generate about L.G.B.T. Catholics.
FaithFaith in Focus
Nathan W. O'Halloran, S.J.
The motivation for withdrawal in the Ignatius option is formation for mission rather than countercultural resistance.