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The pope opened up debate on whether the Catholic Church should loosen its 1,000-year-old celibacy requirement for priests at a three-week meeting of bishops. It is the most controversial proposal at the meeting and an attempt to ease the Amazon region’s shortage of Catholic priests. Since 1965, there has been almost a 30 percent decrease…

Pope Francis recently urged hairdressers, hairstylists and beauticians not to indulge in gossip during work according to the AFP. During an audience in the Vatican he encouraged the invited group to avoid “giving in to the temptation of chatter that easily creeps into your work environment.” “Practice your profession in a Christian style, treating customers…

Everyone knows that one person in their church who praises God loudly on Sunday and then promptly forgets how to live a Christian life when they walk out the door. They talk about how people should be charitable and give to the poor, and then they throw out half of their meal when they eat…

Kim Jong-un, the infamous totalitarian leader of North Korea, has officially invited Pope Francis to make a visit to the dictatorship’s capital of Pyongyang. The invitation is set to be personally delivered to the Vatican by Moon Jae-in, the president of South Korea. Moon Jae-in is a Catholic himself and was already set to be…
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