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Padre Pio was canonized on this day 20 years ago

June 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio). / Public Domain.

Rome Newsroom, Jun 16, 2022 / 09:36 am (CNA).
On this day 20 years ago, more than 300,000 people crowded into St. Peter’s Square as Pope John Paul II canonized St. Pio of Pietrelcina, calling… […]

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What is the World Meeting of Families 2022? A CNA Explainer

June 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

The 2018 World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Ireland. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Rome Newsroom, Jun 16, 2022 / 08:30 am (CNA).
The Vatican is gearing up for the World Meeting of Families 2022, which will draw around 2,000 Catholic families to the It… […]

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UK government sanctions head of Russian Orthodox Church

June 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church. / Nickolay Vinokurov via www.shutterstock.com.

London, England, Jun 16, 2022 / 06:20 am (CNA).
The U.K. government announced on Thursday that it is imposing sanctions on the head of the Russian O… […]

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Theologian resigns from German ‘Synodal Way’ forum on sexual morality

June 15, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Katharina Westerhorstmann. / Screenshot from K-TV Katholisches Fernsehen YouTube channel.

Bonn, Germany, Jun 15, 2022 / 06:15 am (CNA).
A theologian has resigned from the German “Synodal Way” forum on sexual morality.Katharina Westerhorstmann t… […]

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Franciscans in Germany elect openly gay priest as new superior

June 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 24

Franciscan friars line the Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem. / Shutterstock

Denver Newsroom, Jun 14, 2022 / 19:15 pm (CNA).
The 300-member Franciscan province of Saint Elisabeth in Germany has elected as its new superior Father Markus … […]

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Father Mark Lewis named rector of Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome

June 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Mark Lewis, S.J. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, Jun 14, 2022 / 10:45 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has appointed Father Mark Lewis, a Florida-born Jesuit priest, to lead Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University as rector, it was announced on … […]

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The Order of Malta has a new head, but has it lost its sovereignty?

June 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Fra’ John T. Dunlap, Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Order of Malta. / Twitter @orderofmalta.

Rome Newsroom, Jun 14, 2022 / 09:45 am (CNA).
Pope Francis appointed a new head of the Order of Malta on Monday even before the funeral of its p… […]

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Rector of German Catholic seminary found dead

June 13, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

The Catholic Cathedral of Limburg in Hesse, Germany. / Mylius via Wikimedia (GFDL 1.2).

Limburg, Germany, Jun 13, 2022 / 11:30 am (CNA).
The rector of a German Catholic seminary was found dead last week in an apparent suicide. Father Christof M… […]

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Nigerian Catholic bishop to Irish president: Church massacre not linked to climate change

June 13, 2022 Catholic News Agency 6

Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins, pictured on Oct. 13, 2018. / Damien Storan via Shutterstock.

London, England, Jun 13, 2022 / 04:42 am (CNA).
Attributing violence against Nigeria’s Christians to climate change is “incorrect and far-fetch… […]

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Pope Francis praises ‘example of faith’ of newly beatified Polish nuns martyred in WWII

June 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Sister Paschalis Jahn and nine fellow Elizabethan sisters martyred during World War II were beatified June 11, 2022, in Wroclaw, Poland. / Courtesy of the Elizabethan Sisters

Wrocław, Poland, Jun 12, 2022 / 06:40 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Sunda… […]

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