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Opening homes, hearts to World Youth Day volunteers
Elie Gardner | Catholic News Service RIO DE JANEIRO -- In 2011, Luis Martinez, 29, traveled to Madrid, almost by accident. He said it was destiny that took him from his home in Fresnillo, Mexico, as a...
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Popes put personal stamp on World Youth Day celebrations
Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Blessed John Paul II rallied young Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI instructed them and Pope Francis is preparing to send them out on mission.When he...
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En route to Rio, talks about importance of giving young people jobs
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO BRAZIL (CNS) -- With economic hard times as an excuse not to hire young people, the world risks tossing them aside and endangers its...
View ArticleStarting first international visit, pope arrives in Brazil
By Francis X. Rocca | Catholic News Service RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS) -- Pope Francis arrived in Brazil July 22, making the first international trip of his pontificate to his native region of Latin...
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Crowds in Rio swarm pope, who wanted to be 'close to the people'
By Francis X. Rocca | Catholic News Service RIO DE JANEIRO — Hundreds of thousands of cheering people welcomed Pope Francis to Brazil July 22 as he madethe first international trip of his pontificate...
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Father Joseph Weber in Rio
Father Joseph Weber (right) , pastor of St. Justin Martyr in Sunset Hills, is attending World Youth Day in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. He was photographed with Archbishop Mario Poli, of Buenos Aires, the...
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400,000 brave wind, rain for opening Mass at World Youth Day
Lise Alves | Catholic News Service RIO DE JANEIRO -- The mosaic of hundreds of national flags waving in the cold wind on Copacabana beach was symbolic, as pilgrims from all backgrounds, driven by a...
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Pope returns to Marian shrine, entrusts WYD to Mary's care
Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service APARECIDA, Brazil -- Comfortable in the presence of Mary and at a shrine that symbolizes one of his most important experiences as a member of the Latin American...
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At Rio hospital, pope offers drug addicts an embrace and a challenge
By Francis X. Rocca | Catholic News Service RIO DE JANEIRO -- Pope Francis addressed a group of recovering drug addicts in a working-class neighborhood of Rio, offering them a message of compassion...
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Argentines flock to Rio cathedral to see their cardinal-turned-pope
By Lise Alves | Catholic News Service RIO DE JANEIRO -- The streets surrounding the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Sebastian were filled with a sea of blue and white flags. The Argentines had come to...
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Pope commissions young people to be missionaries without borders
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service RIO DE JANEIRO -- Pope Francis commissioned some 3 million young people to join forces and form what could be called Missionaries Without Borders."Where does...
View ArticleLong process pays off for Olympic volleyball player Murphy Troy
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Murphy Troy is part of a third-generation St. Louis University High School family, following the footsteps of his grandfather, father and...
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World record-holder swimmer Katie Ledecky still says 'a prayer -- or two --...
By Kelly Seegers | Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- Four years ago, at age 15, swimmer Katie Ledecky won Olympic gold in the women's 800-meter freestyle.read more
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Gymnast keeps rosary -- a gift from her mom -- close when she competes
Catholic News Service RIO DE JANEIRO — U.S. Olympic gymnast and gold medalist Simone Biles says when she travels, she sometimes takes with her a statue of St. Sebastian, the patron saint of athletes,...
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