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- July 18, 2017
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After two drown in Tanzania, Christians re-examine safety of river baptisms
- Fredrick Nzwili, RNS
- July 21, 2017
In Africa, river baptism is popular, particularly among Pentecostal and charismatic churches. Drowning during baptism is not uncommon in Africa, and Tanzanian police detained a pastor in connection with the deaths of two people who drowned while being baptized. Officials have warned against using the rivers for such activities unless safety is confirmed.
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Bishop: Budget 'moral document'; House bill puts poor in 'real jeopardy'
- Julie Asher
- July 21, 2017
“The USCCB is monitoring the budget and appropriations process in Congress very carefully, and is analyzing the proposed House budget resolution in more detail,” said Bishop Frank J. Dewane, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.
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Church in Colombia a 'prophetic voice' for peace, priest says
- Junno Arocho Esteves
- July 21, 2017
Pope Francis’s September 6-10 visit to Colombia will shed a spotlight on countless innocents who died throughout the country’s long civil war, including those within the church who “paid the price.” A bishop and a priest killed during the conflict will be beatified by the pope when he is in the country.
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Be protagonists of change, Cardinal Sandri tells Ukrainian youth
- Elise Harris
- July 21, 2017
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, made a July 11-17 visit to Ukraine to participate in the national pilgrimage to the Shrine of Zarvanytsia, located 15 miles north of Buchach.
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Pope phones trash man who lost legs in accident
- Catholic News Agency
- July 21, 2017
A father of five children had been collecting garbage in a Buenos Aires neighborhood in March when he was struck by a car going some 80 miles an hour. As a result of the accident, both of his legs had to be amputated. Before being honored by the city, he received a call from Pope Francis.
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Christian leaders worry about Status Quo after metal detectors installed at Jerusalem site
- Aron Heller
- July 20, 2017
Israel began installing metal detectors at the Jerusalem site known as the Western Wall to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims after an Arab attack killed two police officers last week. Christian leaders fear the move could violate the Status Quo which has controlled several holy sites in the city for over a century.
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Ex-Vatican doctrine chief says Church did what it could on German abuse scandal
- Inés San Martín
- July 20, 2017
Cardinal Gerhard Müller, until recently the head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, spoke about a recent report that found 547 former members of the Regensburg Domspatzen boys choir were abused, including 67 cases of sexual violence. As former diocesan archbishop, he began the investigations into the allegations, which first surfaced in 2010.
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Vatican's top diplomat condems attack against Venezuelan cardinal
- Inés San Martín
- July 20, 2017
Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, sent a letter to Venezuelan Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, who on Sunday was forced to remain locked in a church with hundreds of people as pro-government militias opened fire against people waiting near by to cast their votes in a referendum against President Nicolas Maduro.
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As latest Vatican trial opens, is it time to dust off ‘About Doctrine’?
- July 20, 2017
Back in the 19th century, French novelist and journalist Edmond About was considered the Tocqueville of the Papal States, and he had a fairly cynical view of papal justice. As the latest Vatican trial opens, it’s interesting to apply his tests. There’s also some question marks about the timing of the trial, and a juicy irony waiting to be exploited surrounding the name of one of the defense lawyers.
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Ex-Vatican doctrine chief says Church did what it could on German abuse scandal
- July 20, 2017
Cardinal Gerhard Müller, until recently the head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, spoke about a recent report that found 547 former members of the Regensburg Domspatzen boys choir were abused, including 67 cases of sexual violence. As former diocesan archbishop, he began the investigations into the allegations, which first surfaced in 2010.
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Pope phones trash man who lost legs in accident
- July 21, 2017
A father of five children had been collecting garbage in a Buenos Aires neighborhood in March when he was struck by a car going some 80 miles an hour. As a result of the accident, both of his legs had to be amputated. Before being honored by the city, he received a call from Pope Francis.
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Book reveals the famed Three Secrets of Fatima
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[The following is paid advertising.] A book by Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle collects the original descriptions of the famed Three Secrets of Fatima, the first of which pivots on a vision of hell, the second on a time of tribulation and prayer for the conversion of Russia, and the third the martyrdom of a ‘Bishop in White’ taken to be a reference to the 1981 assassination attempt against St. Pope John Paul II.
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Be protagonists of change, Cardinal Sandri tells Ukrainian youth
- July 21, 2017
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, made a July 11-17 visit to Ukraine to participate in the national pilgrimage to the Shrine of Zarvanytsia, located 15 miles north of Buchach.
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Head of Vatican’s Academy of Life: Dialogue is love, not compromise
- July 19, 2017
In an interview, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia explains the Vatican’s Academy for Life’s new strategy and vision and the important role non-Catholic members could play in promoting them. The archbishop wants the academy to aim to be missionary in outlook, seeking to tackle what he calls “the great frontiers of life” in collaboration with believers of other churches and faiths as well as non-believers.
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