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Church that suffered under Soviets and rebounded loses its ‘sage’
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- May 31, 2017
Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the former head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, died on Wednesday at the age of 84 after having inherited a church “on its knees” in the post-Soviet period and leading it through a renaissance. Eerily reminiscent of St. Nicholas, the prototype for Santa Claus, Husar is being remembered as a sage and moral hero.
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Deluges in Peru trigger flash floods, landslides; at least 85 dead
- Catholic News Service, Global Church, Uncategorised
- March 25, 2017
Unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean off Peru is causing heavy rains on the usually arid coast, swamping cities that have poor drainage and destroying wood or mud-brick houses not built to withstand a downpour. Catholic organizations are leading the way in providing humanitarian help.
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Pope Francis to proclaim Fatima visionaries saints during Portugal trip
- Pope in Fatima, Uncategorised, Vatican
- March 23, 2017
Pope Francis on Thursday approved a miracle attributed to two of the visionaries who say they saw apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Fatima in 1917. The pope was already scheduled to visit the Marian shrine to mark the 100th anniversary of the event.
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Summer gathering of Catholic leaders meant to revitalize church in U.S.
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Uncategorised
- February 5, 2017
Jonathan Reyes said the event — “Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of the Gospel in America” July 1-4 in Orlando — will be a sign of unity for the church because it will bring diverse groups together to discuss and share not only their challenges but more importantly, their ideas, resources and tools for moving forward.
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Maltese bishops: Remarried Catholics ‘at peace’ can receive Communion
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- January 13, 2017
In guidelines for the application of Pope Francis’s “Amoris Laetitia”, the bishops of Malta say that divorced and civilly remarried Catholics who, with “an informed and enlightened conscience,” believe they’re at peace with God,”cannot be precluded from participating in the sacraments.”
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Vatican paper launches Argentina edition with Protestant editor
- Analysis, Uncategorised, Vatican
- January 4, 2017
If there is one candidate to be an unchanging institution in the Vatican, a safe bet would be its venerable newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano. At least until this week, when there is a new, Argentine edition mixing Roman with local content. And its editor isn’t even Catholic.
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