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Priest in Austria arrested for producing crystal meth in church rectory

July 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

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

CNA Newsroom, Jul 30, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
A Catholic priest in Austria has confessed to producing crys… […]

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Cardinal Müller condemns statue of Virgin Mary giving birth displayed in Austrian cathedral

July 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Linz, Austria, is the largest church building in that country. / Credit: Dein Freund der Baum, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

CNA Deutsch, Jul 9, 2024 / 16:25 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig … […]

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An oasis in the European Church: World’s oldest Cistercian abbey has more than 100 monks

May 15, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Easter Vigil at the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross) in Austria. / Credit: Stift Heiligenkreuz

ACI Prensa Staff, May 15, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross) in Austria is the oldest in the wor… […]

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‘The Work,’ a community with a focus on eucharistic adoration, receives final approval from Vatican

August 7, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Newsroom, Aug 7, 2023 / 08:45 am (CNA).
The Spiritual Family “The Work,” a Catholic community founded in 1938 by Mother Julia Verhaeghe and recognized by St. John Paul II in 2001 as a “family of conse… […]

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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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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 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… […]

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Adults from Afghanistan, Iran, prepare to be baptized as Catholics in Vienna

October 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

A baptismal font in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, Austria. / Bwag via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Vienna, Austria, Oct 22, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
Eleven people from Afghanistan are among the 27 adults who will soon be baptized as Catholics in… […]

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