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Australian pro-lifers to march against proposed assisted suicide law

August 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

Cherish Life Queensland Rally for Life, October 2018 / Cherish Life Queensland/Facebook

Denver Newsroom, Aug 30, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Pro-life advocates in Queensland, Australia will hold a public March for Life ahead of parliamentary debate o… […]

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Pope Francis tosses speech to listen to 200 formerly homeless people

August 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis meets with members of Lazare Association from France at the Vatican, Aug. 28, 2021. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Aug 30, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis on Saturday tossed a speech he had prepared to give to a group of formerly… […]

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How Paralympics prime time coverage can help ‘normalize’ persons with disabilities

August 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Paralympics Games 2016, basketball, USA vs. Turkey / A.RICARDO/Shutterstock

Washington D.C., Aug 30, 2021 / 10:01 am (CNA).
A Catholic disability advocate praised an increase of television and media coverage for this year’s Paralympic Games, say… […]

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Pope Francis advances sainthood cause of Italian Catholic priest who saved Jews in WWII

August 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The Franciscan friar Fr. Placido Cortese (1907-1944). / Il Messaggero di Sant’Antonio via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Vatican City, Aug 30, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood causes of a Franciscan friar who helped to r… […]

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Lay Catholic to represent Church in Poland at opening of synodal process in Rome

August 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 4

Professor Aleksander Bańka. / episkopat.pl.

Warsaw, Poland, Aug 30, 2021 / 07:30 am (CNA).
A Catholic layman will represent the Church in Poland at the official opening of the synodal process leading to the 2023 synod of bishops meeting in Rome…. […]

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Catholics in Poland to hold ‘day of solidarity’ with people of Afghanistan

August 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops’ conference. / episkopat.pl.

Warsaw, Poland, Aug 30, 2021 / 05:30 am (CNA).
The Catholic Church in Poland will hold a “day of solidarity” with the war-weary population of Afghanistan … […]

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Polish Catholic bishops’ leader sends blessing to EWTN European meeting

August 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

The EWTN affiliates and partners’ European meeting in Poland, Aug. 26-29, 2021. / Andrzej Niedźwiecki/EWTN Poland.

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland, Aug 30, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
The president of Poland’s Catholic bishops’ conference sent his bles… […]

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Analysis: What’s behind rumors that Pope Francis will resign?

August 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 5

Pope Francis at the general audience on Aug. 18, 2021. / Vatican Media

Rome, Italy, Aug 30, 2021 / 00:00 am (CNA).
Despite ongoing rumors, there is no confirmation that Pope Francis is drafting a document that defines the role and tasks of a Pop… […]

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The strange case of Bishop Saunders leaves many questions unanswered

August 29, 2021 Christopher R. Altieri 33

So, the Vatican announced on Saturday that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Christopher Saunders from the pastoral leadership of the Diocese of Broome in Australia. Bishop Saunders is 71 years-old. He has […]

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5 things you need to know about Christians in Afghanistan now

August 29, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

An Afghan mother and her children rest in a tent at a makeshift IDP camp in Share-e-Naw park in Kabul. / Paula Bronstein/Getty Images.

Denver Newsroom, Aug 29, 2021 / 20:45 pm (CNA).
5 things you need to know about Christians in Afghanistan nowA… […]

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