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In response to Jesus' thirst on the cross, Pope Francis said, Christians are challenged to hear the cry of the poor, suffering and the innocent victims of war.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis donned a green hospital gown over his white cassock and entered the neonatal unit of a Rome hospital, peering in the incubators, making the sign of the cross and encouraging worried parents.

A huge factor in this 26-year-old two-time Paralympian's success: "my brother and sisters treated me like everyone else," Siemann said. "They made no exception for my disability."

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore sharply criticized comments made by Martin Castro, chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, that the phrases “religious liberty” and “religious freedom” were “code words” used to discriminate.

Paralympian Rebecca Meyers is majoring in history in college and made some of her own Sept. 8 at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro: her first gold medal and a world record.

A Sept. 9 letter from USCCB officials stressed that a compromise could effectively be reached.

"It's a secular site encoded with multiple symbols of faith, hope and love," she wrote in a new detailed, illustrated exploration of the political, structural and aesthetic forces that clashed, combined and coalesced before the building opened in October 2014.

Judy Keane has spent about 20 years managing communications for high-profile organizations. She can now add the U.S. Church to her resume.

With a large tapestry bearing the portrait of the woman known as the "Saint of the Gutters" suspended above him, Pope Francis proclaimed the sainthood of Mother Teresa of Kolkata, hailing her courage and love for the poor.

Such concrete actions will benefit human life and the environment, Pope Francis said.