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Ambassador: Kazakhstan expects visit from Pope Francis in 2021

December 9, 2020 CNA Daily News 0

Vatican City, Dec 9, 2020 / 03:00 am (CNA).- The ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Holy See has said that there are “high hopes” that Pope Francis will visit the central Asian country next year, if the coronavirus situation permits.

In … […]

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“Those who question the sanctity of John Paul II don’t know what they’re talking about”

December 9, 2020 George Weigel 20

From 1991 until 2005, Cardinal Camillo Ruini served Pope John Paul II as the papal Vicar for Rome – the man who handled the daily affairs of the diocese of which the Pope was, of […]

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Catholic high schools in Michigan sue over coronavirus order keeping them closed

December 8, 2020 Catholic News Agency 4

CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2020 / 04:14 pm (CNA).- Two high schools in the Diocese of Lansing have joined a lawsuit against a public health order keeping schools in Michigan closed for in-person learning, calling […]

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Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments in COVID-19 schools case

December 8, 2020 Joseph M. Hanneman 4

MADISON, Wisconsin — A county health officer’s emergency order that closed schools to in-person instruction for grades 3-12 faces a “pretty tall order” to overcome constitutional protections for religious liberty, a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice […]

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Watch groups: Christians in Turkey face suppression, exploitation

December 8, 2020 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2020 / 04:58 pm (CNA).- Christians in Turkey are being systematically suppressed or exploited for political gains, warns a new report from two human rights watch groups, International Christian Concern and Middle East Concern.

The re… […]

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Cardinal Parolin admitted to hospital for surgery

December 8, 2020 CNA Daily News 1

CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2020 / 02:01 pm (CNA).- The Vatican Secretary of State was admitted to a Roman hospital Tuesday for a scheduled surgery to treat prostate enlargement.

“It is expected that in a few days he will be able to leave the hospital and… […]

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St. John Henry Newman’s plea is fulfilled at his one-time home

December 8, 2020 Joanna Bogle 1

Maryvale: the name conjures up lovely images of gardens, a shrine surrounded by flowers, gentle hills in the background, perhaps some people praying and singing. Well, minus the background hills, and allowing for the bleakness […]

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Fund solutions, not abortions House committee hears

December 8, 2020 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2020 / 01:30 pm (CNA).- Government must support mothers and children instead of paying for abortions, members of Congress heard at a Tuesday hearing on taxpayer-funded abortion.

“Free abortion is not in the best interest o… […]

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Construction crane knocks head and torso off Catholic cathedral’s statue of St. Paul

December 8, 2020 CNA Daily News 1

CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- A construction crane knocked the head and torso off a statue of St. Paul atop Liège Cathedral in Belgium Monday.

CathoBel, the official website of the Catholic Church in Francophone Belgium, reported th… […]

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Polish archbishop responds to ‘unprecedented attacks’ on St. John Paul II after McCarrick Report

December 8, 2020 Catholic News Agency 15

CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2020 / 09:20 am (CNA).- St. John Paul II’s “highest priority” was combating clerical abuse and protecting young people, a Catholic archbishop said Monday in response to what he called “unprecedented […]

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