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Pope Francis will not go to Paris for Notre Dame cathedral reopening

September 13, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

A picture taken on March 27, 2019, shows a scaffold during the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, in Paris. / Credit: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images

Aboard the papal plane, Sep 13, 2024 / 14:28 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis definitively… […]

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Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor draws 600,000 Catholics

September 10, 2024 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis during Mass at the Esplanade of Taci Tolu in Dili, Timor-Leste, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Dili, East Timor, Sep 10, 2024 / 13:21 pm (CNA).
An estimated 600,000 Catholics attended Pope Francis’ Mass on Tue… […]

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Pope Francis arrives in East Timor, Asia’s youngest and most Catholic country

September 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis arrives in East Timor on Sept. 9, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Dili, East Timor, Sep 9, 2024 / 11:06 am (CNA).
Upon his arrival in the Catholic island of East Timor on Monday, Pope Francis entrusted the new country to the Bles… […]

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Pope Francis celebrates Mass with 100,000 worshippers in Indonesia

September 5, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis celebrates a Papal Mass at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Vatican City, Sep 5, 2024 / 11:20 am (CNA).
More than 100,000 worshippers participated in Pope Francis’ celebra… […]

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In Muslim Indonesia, a Catholic monastery has become part of the community

September 1, 2024 Catholic News Agency 5

The Monastery of Gedono receives many guests, both Catholic and Muslim. The sisters have a guesthouse for priests, religious, and laypeople who come for a few days or a week of solitude and prayer. As many as 200 or 300 people attend Sunday Mass… […]

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Francis won’t be the first pope to visit Papua New Guinea: a look at John Paul II’s trips

September 1, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

St. John Paul II (1920-2005). / Credit: Itto Ogami via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

CNA Staff, Sep 1, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis will be visiting the country of Papua New Guinea from Sept. 6-9 as part of an 11-day, multi-country papal… […]

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3 Marian holy sites in the Muslim nation of Indonesia

August 11, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

The Tuan Ma statue is paraded around Larantuka City during the Semana Santa Holy Week celebrations on Flores Island. / Credit: Alfonso Giostanov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Rome Newsroom, Aug 11, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Across the world… […]

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From castles to cathedrals: Pope Francis’ schedule for Luxembourg and Belgium trip

July 21, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Queen Mathilde of Belgium meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace with her husband, King Philippe of the Belgians, on Sept. 14, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Jul 21, 2024 / 10:06 am (CNA).
Pope Francis will spend… […]

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Gun found in abandoned suitcase before papal visit to Trieste, Italy

July 12, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis travels between the conference center and Unità d’Italia Square in Trieste, Italy, with a golf cart during his pastoral visit to the northern Italian city on July 7, 2024. In Trieste, the pope addressed around 1,200 participants in … […]

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Indonesian island set to become an international Catholic pilgrim destination

June 30, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The Tuan Ma statue is paraded around Larantuka City during the Semana Santa Holy Week celebrations on Indonesia’s Flores island. / Credit: Alfonso Giostanov/Creative Commons/Wikimedia

Rome Newsroom, Jun 30, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Flores, Indone… […]

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