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Inside the first Catholic classical school in Austria

August 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Students at St. Thomas More School in Austria learn the importance of critical thinking, with an emphasis on logic over sole memorization. / EWTN News In Depth

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 25, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).
A Catholic school in Austr… […]

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Previously unknown document by Blessed Franz Jägerstätter discovered

June 5, 2022 Michael J. Miller 8

The Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter (1907-1943) was executed by the occupying Nazi regime for his refusal to serve in the armed forces of the Third Reich. His conscientious objection was based on his deep Catholic […]

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Austria’s Catholic Church reports decline in membership, rise in income

January 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

The coat of arms of Austria and Vienna on the Albertine choir roof of St. Stephen’s Cathedral. / Bwag via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Vienna, Austria, Jan 12, 2022 / 09:10 am (CNA).
The Catholic Church in Austria on Wednesday reported a decline i… […]

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‘Austria prays’: A nation turns to the rosary for an end to the pandemic

December 16, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

A statue of the Virgin Mary outside the Pfarrkirche St. Alban in Matrei in Osttirol, Austria. / josefkubes via Shutterstock.

Markt Piesting, Austria, Dec 16, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
As Austria battles a new wave of COVID-19 infections, an initia… […]

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Austria’s Catholic bishops: ‘Temporary’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate permissible as last resort

December 7, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Rome Newsroom, Dec 7, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Austria’s Catholic bishops commented on Monday on the government’s likely decision to impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the country in February, calling the obligation p… […]

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Austria coronavirus lockdown: Catholic bishops tighten guidelines on church celebrations

November 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

The high altar of St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, Austria. Credit: Bwag via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). / null

Rome Newsroom, Nov 23, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Austria’s Catholic bishops’ conference has tightened rules for attending Mass and othe… […]

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Austria’s Catholic bishops: Draft assisted suicide law ‘unacceptable’

November 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

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Vienna, Austria, Nov 12, 2021 / 06:20 am (CNA).
Austria’s Catholic bishops said on Thursday that a draft law on assisted suicide “contains shortcomings that are unacceptable.”In a statement issued at the en… […]

The Dispatch

‘I hope that I can join them soon’: Benedict XVI sends condolence message after friend’s death

October 19, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Benedict XVI. / Giulio Napolitano via Shutterstock.

Wilhering, Austria, Oct 19, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has said that he looks forward to joining his friends in heaven in a condolence message following the death of a Ci… […]

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Austria’s Catholic bishops: Provide ‘assistance to live,’ not assistance to suicide

June 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

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Vienna, Austria, Jun 2, 2021 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Austria’s Catholic bishops urged the authorities on Tuesday to offer people “assistance to live,” rather than assistance to suicide.The bishops issued a statement June 1 in th… […]

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‘Roma locuta’: Young Catholics hang banner in response to rainbow flag on Vienna’s oldest church

April 28, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

The banner hung by the group Christus Vincit from St. Rupert’s Church in Vienna, Austria. / YouTube screenshot.

CNA Staff, Apr 28, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Young Catholics have hung a banner declaring “Roma locuta, causa finita” (Rome has spoken, … […]

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Dr. Hitchcock, author of several books including the soon-to-be-released History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium (Ignatius Press, 2012), writes the following for the “Square None” column in Touchstone:  From time to […]

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