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Charles de Foucauld: The miracle that paved the way for his canonization

May 13, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

François Asselin. / EWTN.

Vatican City, May 13, 2022 / 06:44 am (CNA).
Late on Nov. 30, 2016, François Asselin got a call from his construction manager.“Listen, François, there has been an accident,” he heard on the other end of the line. One o… […]

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Will Archbishop Ulrich lead the Catholic archdiocese of Paris in a new direction?

April 26, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Archbishop Laurent Ulrich. / Pierre André via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Paris, France, Apr 26, 2022 / 07:15 am (CNA).
The appointment of Archbishop Laurent Ulrich as the new archbishop of Paris was announced two days after Emmanuel Macron was e… […]

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Pope Francis names new Catholic archbishop of Paris

April 26, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

Archbishop Laurent Ulrich. / Mory Hugo via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Vatican City, Apr 26, 2022 / 04:03 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Tuesday named Archbishop Laurent Ulrich as the new Catholic archbishop of Paris.Ulrich, the archbishop of Lille, n… […]

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‘Extraordinary courage’: Nun intervenes to stop man stabbing Catholic priest in France

April 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Saint-Pierre d’Arene church in Nice, southeastern France. / Jesmar via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Nice, France, Apr 25, 2022 / 04:10 am (CNA).
A 72-year-old religious sister has been praised for her “extraordinary courage” after she sought to di… […]

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Father Jacques Hamel murder: Catholic archbishop says ‘justice is done’ as 4 are convicted

March 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Fr. Jacques Hamel. / Diocese of Rouen, Wikipedia.

Rome Newsroom, Mar 10, 2022 / 05:00 am (CNA).
Four men accused of terrorist conspiracy after the murder of the French Catholic priest Father Jacques Hamel in 2016 were convicted on Wednesday.“Ju… […]

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Pope Francis opens special process to canonize 16 Carmelite martyrs of the French Revolution

February 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Blessed Martyrs of Compiègne were guillotined for their faith on July 17, 1794. / Photo illustration.

Denver Newsroom, Feb 25, 2022 / 13:40 pm (CNA).
Their voices sang out from the scaffold as they went to their death only July 17, 1794, during… […]

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Pope Francis meets Christian movement of blind and visually impaired people

February 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis met with members of Voir Ensemble, a Christian movement of blind and visually impaired people on Feb. 19, 2022. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Feb 19, 2022 / 07:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis met Saturday with a Christian movement of bli… […]

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Pope Francis: ‘The world needs beauty more than ever’

February 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis meets with Diakonia of Beauty, a group dedicated to celebrating sacred art, on Feb. 17, 2022. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Feb 17, 2022 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Thursday that the world needs beauty more than ever, as b… […]

The Dispatch

More than 800 anti-Christian incidents reported in France in 2021

February 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

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Paris, France, Feb 12, 2022 / 04:10 am (CNA).
More than 800 anti-Christian incidents were reported in France in 2021.The provisional figures were announced on Feb. 10 as part of an ongoing study of anti-relig… […]

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Pilgrims couldn’t visit Lourdes. So a drone photographer took Lourdes to them

February 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France. / Célian de La Rochefoucauld via youheritage.com.

Rome Newsroom, Feb 11, 2022 / 06:50 am (CNA).
In April 2020, as countries across Europe were in lockdown, a young man walked the empty streets of th… […]

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