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Cardinal in Mongolia dreams of establishing a Catholic monastery to advance evangelization

July 23, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

Italian Cardinal Giorgio Marengo takes possession of his titular parish in Rome in May 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Jul 23, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).
When Italian Cardinal Giorgio Marengo first arrived as a missionary priest in… […]

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New documentary tells startling story of Ngo Dinh Diem’s life and assasination

February 24, 2023 Jerry Salyer 24

“They started with me on Diem, you remember: ‘He was corrupt, he ought to be killed,’ and so we killed him. We all got together and got a ***-damn bunch of thugs and assassinated him. […]

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Pope Francis: Jesus and the Buddha understood need to overcome egoism

June 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis meets the Buddhist Delegation of the Sangha Assembly in Chetuphon, Thailand, at the Vatican, June 17, 2022 / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jun 17, 2022 / 08:38 am (CNA).
Pope Francis spoke about the teachings of Jesus and the Buddha… […]

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Pope Francis invites Mongolian Buddhists and Catholics to work together to end violence

May 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis met with an interreligious delegation including leaders of Buddhism in Mongolia on May 28, 2022 / Vatican Media

Vatican City, May 28, 2022 / 07:10 am (CNA).
Pope Francis invited Catholics and Buddhists to work together for peace an… […]

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Catholicism in Mongolia: A small Church in the frigid land of Genghis Khan

July 19, 2021 R. Cavanaugh 3

With temperatures often dropping under 40 degrees below zero, Mongolia is not an easy place for anyone. Nor has it been easy for the Catholic Church. The faith arrived in Mongolia in the 1300s, but […]

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Anxiety, mindfulness, and prayer: Questions and a Catholic perspective

July 5, 2021 Dawn Beutner 27

If COVID-19, rioting and unrest, and a contentious election didn’t cause you anxiety in 2020, perhaps the long-term effects of social distancing, supply chain impacts on family life, and joblessness are doing so now. How […]

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Vatican to Buddhists: May the pandemic ‘unite us in service’

May 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis meets with Bhaddanta Kumarabhivamsa, head of the Supreme Sangha Council, in Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 29, 2017. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, May 26, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
The Vatican said Wednesday that it hopes the coronavirus pande… […]

The Dispatch

Can Catholics be Buddhist? New book compares Jesus and Buddha

May 18, 2018 CWR Staff 6

Saying that Buddhism and Christianity lead to the same place,” ways Dr. Anthony E. Clark, author of Catholicism and Buddhism: The Contrasting Lives and Teachings of […]

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Catholicism and Mindfulness: Compatible practices or contrary spiritualities?

January 7, 2018 Carl E. Olson 73

“The Church’s mystical tradition is rarely, if ever, addressed from the pulpit,” saysSusan Brinkman, author of a new book on the practice of mindfulness, “which […]

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