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Newman expert says enlisting him in battles over pope ‘not fair’

Vatican
Oct 13, 2019

“He didn’t see the teachings of the Church and of our conscience in conflict with each other. And he himself expressed his unshakable belief in the infallibility of the pope,” said Father Ignatius Harrison, the Provost of the Birmingham Oratory, founded by Newman, and the postulator of his sainthood cause said about Cardinal Newman.

Spain’s ‘Valley of the Fallen’ closed as Franco exhumation looms

Church in Europe
Oct 12, 2019

After more than a year-long legal battle over the burial location of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco’s remains, on Friday the nation’s famed ‘Valley of the Fallen’ was officially closed ahead of the exhumation of the former general’s body.

Stop labeling and call people by their names, Pope tells African youth

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 7, 2019

The devil, the pope said Saturday in Madagascar, “also knows our names,” but he prefers to remind people of their sins, to make “us feel that however much we do, nothing can ever change, everything will remain the same.”

In Africa, Pope tells nuns to beware of “educated devils”

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 7, 2019

“Faith is the greatest treasure of the poor!” the pope told a group of contemplative nuns in Madagascar Saturday, urging them to proclaim the faith to the poor, to help them strengthen that faith, so that they can live in hope.

Pope warns Madagascar that deforestation threatens both people and planet

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 7, 2019

“Your lovely island of Madagascar is rich in plant and animal biodiversity, yet this treasure is especially threatened by excessive deforestation, from which some profit,” Francis said during a speech to local authorities including president Andry Rajoelina.

Pope Francis tells Mozambique it has ‘right to peace’

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 6, 2019

In a country overcoming decades of conflict, Pope Francis on Friday told some 40,000 people that they have the right to peace, but that they have to build their country on forgiveness and not “plotting opportunities for retaliation.”