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Cardinal says intercommunion not an issue in Hungary ahead of International Eucharistic Congress

May 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Péter Erdő of Esztergom-Budapest, pictured at the Vatican on Oct. 5, 2015. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Rome Newsroom, May 27, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).
Unlike in Germany, there is little demand for intercommunion between Catholics and Protestants… […]

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‘Our only weapon is prayer’: Nigerian bishop seeks release of kidnapped priest

May 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Fr. Joseph Keke, 75, was kidnapped on May 21, 2021, in Katsina State, Nigeria. / Courtesy Photo.

Rome Newsroom, May 27, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has been working to secure the release of a priest from his Sokoto dioces… […]

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Leader of Armenian Catholic Church dies at age 86

May 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

The Cathedral of St. Elias and St. Gregory the Illuminator in Beirut, Lebanon, the cathedra of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia. / Jari Kurittu via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0).

Beirut, Lebanon, May 26, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Catholicos-Pa… […]

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Hong Kong Catholic churches plan Masses commemorating Tiananmen victims

May 26, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

Rome Newsroom, May 26, 2021 / 13:00 pm Seven churches in Hong Kong will offer candlelight vigil Masses on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre this June. The Diocese of Hong Kong’s Justice and […]

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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… […]

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‘We are delighted to have him back’: Carlo Acutis relics arrive in London

May 26, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

London, England, May 26, 2021 / 08:10 am Two parishes in London, England, with links to Carlo Acutis have received relics of the first millennial to be declared blessed. Our Lady of Dolours Servite Church, […]

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Theft of Mary Queen of Scots’ rosary a ‘tragic loss’ for Catholic history

May 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

A detail from a portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots by François Clouet, 1560. / Public domain.

London, England, May 26, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The theft of the gold rosary that Mary, Queen of Scots took to her execution is a “very tragic loss” for … […]

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Pope Francis offers advice for when prayers seem to go unanswered

May 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis blesses Auschwitz survivor Lidia Maksymowicz in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace, May 26, 2021. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Vatican City, May 26, 2021 / 05:05 am (CNA).
Pope Francis confronted the “scandal” of prayers that … […]

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Cardinal: Renewal of Knights of the Holy Sepulchre goes deeper than swords

May 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Rome, Italy, May 26, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA).
The leader of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre has defended changes to … […]

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Four killed as Myanmar army artillery shell hits Catholic church

May 25, 2021 CNA Daily News 3

Rome Newsroom, May 25, 2021 / 09:00 am Four people were killed after the Burmese army shelled a Catholic church in the early hours of Monday. The National Unity Government of Myanmar (NUG), which describes itself as […]

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