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Blood of St. Januarius liquefies in Naples on feast day

September 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

null / Screenshot from Chiesa di Napoli YouTube channel.

Rome Newsroom, Sep 19, 2022 / 04:46 am (CNA).
The blood of Saint Januarius liquefied on Monday at a Mass in Naples, where the archbishop sharply condemned the city’s “cancerous mafia cult… […]

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Pope Francis narrows choice for next leader of Italy’s Catholic bishops

May 3, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis attends the Italian bishops’ plenary assembly in Rome on May 24, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Rome, Italy, May 3, 2022 / 11:52 am (CNA).
In an interview published on Tuesday, Pope Francis narrowed down the field of contenders to be the n… […]

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Who will be the next leader of Italy’s Catholic bishops’ conference?

March 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi and Cardinal Augusto Paolo Lojudice. / Francesco Pierantoni via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0)/Pufui PcPifpef via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Rome Newsroom, Mar 29, 2022 / 03:45 am (CNA).
There are four names in contention for the pr… […]

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Here’s the prayer for Ukraine cited by Pope Francis

March 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

A Ukrainian soldier rescues a child / Photo courtesy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church on March 5, 2022.

Rome Newsroom, Mar 16, 2022 / 06:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis read an impassioned prayer asking God to have mercy and bring peace to the … […]

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‘They are killing Naples’: Catholic archbishop appeals for an end to mafia violence

October 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, Italy. / Vincenzo Amoruso via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Rome Newsroom, Oct 12, 2021 / 06:17 am (CNA).
The archbishop of the Italian city of Naples responded on Tuesday to a spate of deadly violence with a… […]

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St. Januarius’ blood liquefies for the second time in 2021

September 19, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

Archbishop Domenico Battaglia holds a reliquary containing St. Januarius’ liquefied blood in Naples Cathedral, Italy, Sept. 19, 2021. / Screenshot from Chiesa di Napoli YouTube channel.

Naples, Italy, Sep 19, 2021 / 03:25 am (CNA).
The blood of … […]

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Blood of St. Januarius liquefies in Naples

May 3, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe views the reliquary with the blood of St. Januarius in 2009. / Paola Migni via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

CNA Staff, May 3, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The blood of St. Januarius, patron of the southern Italian city of Naples, liquef… […]

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