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A ‘bolt out of the blue’: Pope Francis sets off an ecumenical earthquake

May 12, 2023 Christopher R. Altieri 48

Pope Francis made history on Thursday, when he added to the Roman Martyrology the names of twenty-one Coptic Christians martyred in Libya in 2015, giving them a date on the Roman calendar of saints and […]

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Catholics remember Shahbaz Bhatti 10 years after his assassination in Pakistan

January 15, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Rome Newsroom, Jan 15, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).- The diocese of Rome will host a memorial Mass on Friday for Servant of God Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic politician in Pakistan assassinated by an Islamic terrorist group 10 years ago.

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On a day full of misleading headlines about Pope Francis, this one, from MSNBC.com, has to take the cake:

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