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Pope Francis tosses speech to listen to 200 formerly homeless people

August 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis meets with members of Lazare Association from France at the Vatican, Aug. 28, 2021. / Vatican Media

Vatican City, Aug 30, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis on Saturday tossed a speech he had prepared to give to a group of formerly… […]

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Catholic priest’s murder in France: List of recent priest killings worldwide

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Funeral Mass of murdered seminarian Michael Nnadi, Good Shepherd Seminary, Kaduna, Nigeria, Feb. 11, 2020 / Diocese of Maiduguri

Washington D.C., Aug 9, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
The murder of a French priest on Monday was the latest in a number of… […]

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Rwandan man suspected of killing French Catholic priest reportedly met Pope Francis in 2016

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

A man identified by the French newspaper La Croix as Emmanuel Abayisenga greets Pope Francis at the Vatican on Nov. 11, 2016. / Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Aug 9, 2021 / 10:30 am (CNA).
A Rwandan man who reportedly handed himself in to police a… […]

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Breaking: Catholic priest murdered in France, says country’s interior minister

August 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The flag of France. / Creative Photo Corner/Shutterstock.

Paris, France, Aug 9, 2021 / 05:40 am (CNA).
France’s interior minister announced on Monday that a Catholic priest has been murdered in western France. Gérald Darmanin wrote on his Twitte… […]

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Benedictine monks return to historic Solignac Abbey for first time since French Revolution

August 5, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

Solignac Abbey in west-central France. / Courtesy of the Diocese of Limoges.

Limoges, France, Aug 5, 2021 / 08:30 am (CNA).
On Aug. 1, Benedictine monks moved into the emblematic Solignac Abbey in west-central France after a 230-year absence. It… […]

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How French Catholics are responding to Pope Francis’ Traditional Latin Mass restrictions

July 24, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Tridentine Mass in Strasbourg Cathedral, France. / Christophe117 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Paris, France, Jul 24, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA).
Responding to concerns raised by Pope Francis’ motu proprio restricting the Traditional Latin Mass, Fren… […]

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Traditionis custodes: French Catholic bishops express ‘esteem’ for Traditional Latin Mass communities

July 17, 2021 Catholic News Agency 6

Canon Dominique Aubert, rector of Chartres Cathedral, France, celebrating the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite. / Maxime800 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Paris, France, Jul 17, 2021 / 14:40 pm (CNA).
France’s Catholic bishops expressed “este… […]

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Probe into Fr. Jacques Hamel’s murder shows attackers’ links to ISIS

July 7, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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

Rome Newsroom, Jul 7, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
A investigation into the murder of French priest Fr. Jacques Hamel documents messages exchanged between the attackers and a senior ISIS operative base… […]

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Cardinal Parolin: Europe needs faith in God as it struggles with ‘demographic winter’

July 5, 2021 CNA Daily News 10

Strasbourg, France, Jul 5, 2021 / 05:45 am Cardinal Pietro Parolin said on Sunday that Europe needs faith in God as it struggles with a “demographic winter.” Preaching at Mass in Strasbourg Cathedral in France […]

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‘Lourdes Nights’ to draw pilgrims to French shrine after pandemic closure

July 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

An evening procession at Lourdes in southwestern France. / Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.

Lourdes, France, Jul 2, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes has launched a series of summer evening events to draw pilgrims back… […]

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