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Confronting controversy: German-Polish bishops’ dialogue highlights synodal way tensions

November 28, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Georg Bätzing addresses journalists on Sept 28, 2023. / Credit: Martin Rothweiler / EWTN Germany

CNA Newsroom, Nov 28, 2023 / 14:05 pm (CNA).
A public dispute between the German Bishops’ Conference president and his Polish counterpart to… […]

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A ‘simple note’ of Vatican II that inspired a great story

October 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Cardinal Roger Etchegaray speaks with CNA in Rome on Oct. 17, 2014. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Rome Newsroom, Oct 12, 2022 / 07:20 am (CNA).
Few remember today, 60 years after Vatican II, that one of the outcomes of that monumental event&nb… […]

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‘Eucharistic Adoration in every church in Europe’: Prayers for Ukraine on Holy Cross feast

September 13, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

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Rome Newsroom, Sep 13, 2022 / 04:32 am (CNA).
Catholic bishops have called for “Eucharistic Adoration in every church in Europe” to pray for peace in Ukraine on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross th… […]

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‘The Catholic Church remembers Ukraine’: Archbishop visits wounded soldiers

July 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Archbishop Gintaras Grušas, accompanied by Father Andriy Zelinsky of the military chaplaincy, met wounded Ukrainian soldiers and their families. / Photo courtesy of Father Andriy Zelinsky

Rome Newsroom, Jul 21, 2022 / 04:15 am (CNA).
The presid… […]

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US-born Lithuanian archbishop elected president of European bishops’ council

September 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Archbishop Gintaras Grušas celebrates Mass at the Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy in Vilnius, Lithuania. / Archdiocese of Vilnius.

Rome, Italy, Sep 27, 2021 / 03:30 am (CNA).
Members of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences elected a U.S.-b… […]

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