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Pope Francis, Huge Crowd Joyously Celebrate Easter
By Frances D’Emilio Associated Press, Vatican City – Marking Christianity’s most hopeful day, Pope Francis made an Easter Sunday plea for peace and dialogue in Ukraine and Syria, for an
Ghana: Uphold the God-factor in nation building processes – Bishop
Ghana News Agency – Most Reverend Anthony Adanuty, Catholic Bishop of the Keta/Akatsi Diocese at the weekend exhorted Ghanaians, and especially citizens of the North Dayi District, to uphold the
Pope to Filipino community: pray with a child’s simplicity
Vatican City, Nov 21, 2013 / 04:37 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis met with the Filipino community of Rome today, encouraging them in the wake of their native country’s recent
Pope Francis, a severely disfigured man and an embrace that went viral
(CNN) – It was the embrace that melted hearts worldwide. Pope Francis, pausing for a moment to pray and lay his hands on a man with a disfiguring disease. The
Archbishop Emeritus Peter Sarpong visits Worcester
By O.B Stephen, The Christian Journal Contributer Worcester, Massachusetts – The St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church at 570 Lincoln Street in the city of Worcester, Massachusetts was the center
Vatican Reiterates Divorced Remarried Catholics Are Banned From Communion
By Morgan Lee, Chistian Post – Vatican official reiterated this week that divorced remarried Catholics are still banned from taking Communion. In a lengthy essay published on Tuesday in the
Pope Francis: sacrament of the Eucharist is not a ‘magic rite’
Vatican City, (CNA/EWTN News).- During his daily homily, Pope Francis gave special emphasis to the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, saying that it is not magical act, but an encounter
European bishops warned of growing restrictions on religion
During their first meeting in Strasbourg, France, held Sept. 12-14, the legal advisors to the European Bishops’ Conference warned of an increase in legal restrictions against religious freedom, reports Catholic
Lack of Christ the ‘greatest poverty,’ Pope tells movement
Pope Francis welcomed the 34th Rimini Meeting, an annual gathering organized by the lay movement Communion and Liberation, by encouraging participants to bring Christ to those who do not know
Assumption speaks to Japan’s Catholics
(THE CHRISTIAN TELEGRAPH) The Feast of the Assumption is an important celebration for Catholicism in Japan because of its link to both death and eternal life, according to an Australian
