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Concerns raised about using surveillance technology to track clergy

July 19, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

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Denver Newsroom, Jul 19, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA).
The prospect of private parties using national security-style surveillance technology to track the movements and activities of bishops, priests, and other Church personnel is raising … […]

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New priest blesses his sister, a nun: ‘It’s been a real privilege and a joy’

June 7, 2021 CNA Daily News 4

New York City, N.Y., Jun 7, 2021 / 16:00 pm It is customary for a newly-ordained priest to impart a first blessing. For Father Matthew Breslin, who was ordained May 29, his first blessing was […]

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Widowed deacon in Argentina ordained a priest

June 7, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Quilmes, Argentina, Jun 7, 2021 / 15:19 pm (CNA).
Luis Avagliano served as a permanent deacon for 27 years, but after the death of his wife almost seven years ago he felt God’s call to be “the father of many more children”, and w… […]

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Pope Francis to priests: Weakness is a chance for encounter with God

June 7, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis with French priests studying in Rome during a meeting at the Vatican on June 7, 2021. / Credit: Vatican Media/CNA.

Vatican City, Jun 7, 2021 / 08:06 am (CNA).
Pope Francis told a group of young French priests on Monday that weakness… […]

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‘You will be shepherds like him’: Pope Francis ordains nine new priests in St. Peter’s Basilica

April 25, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis kisses the hands of a newly ordained priest in St. Peter’s Basilica, April 25, 2021. / Vatican Media.

CNA Staff, Apr 25, 2021 / 04:25 am (CNA).
Pope Francis ordained nine men to the priesthood on Sunday, urging them to be shepherds … […]

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The harrowing story of an LA priest who survived a shooting in Nigeria

April 22, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Aloysius Ezoenyeka / Photo courtesy of Sacred Heart Catholic Parish.

Los Angeles, Calif., Apr 22, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Father Aloysius Ezoenyeka didn’t know how long he had been unconscious. A gentle slapping on his face stirred him, an… […]

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Virtual discernment program helps Boston men explore priesthood

April 16, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Boston, Mass., Apr 16, 2021 / 02:18 am America/Denver (CNA). This past week, the Archdiocese of Boston released its new vocation discernment initiative, Scivias, designed to bring vocational guidance to a COVID-19 online world. “The goal […]

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Vatican summit on ‘theology of the priesthood’ will look at questions raised in recent synods

April 12, 2021 CNA Daily News 7

Vatican City, Apr 12, 2021 / 07:00 am America/Denver (CNA). Cardinal Marc Ouellet announced Monday that the Vatican will host a theological symposium on the priesthood that will touch on questions raised in recent synods, […]

The Dispatch

How a successful district attorney became a priest and promoter of Marian devotion

April 9, 2021 Jim Graves 2

Fr. Quan Tran is a parochial vicar at St. Bonaventure Parish in Huntington Beach, California, in the Diocese of Orange. He was born in Vietnam, but fled the country at age six with his family […]

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Widowed deacon ordained a priest in Argentina

April 8, 2021 CNA Daily News 2

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 8, 2021 / 11:01 am America/Denver (CNA). Luis Avagliano was married to his wife, Flora, for 38 years, but after her death almost seven years ago, he felt God’s call to […]

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