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Heaven means saying no to a ‘cosmetic,’ ‘humdrum’ life, pope says
- Vatican
- Nov 3, 2018
Honoring cardinals and bishops who died in 2018, Pope Francis Saturday said attaining heaven means letting go of worldly affairs, looking to others and serving them instead of focusing on one’s own appearance.
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Colombian coroner offers free burials to destitute Venezuelan migrants
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Sep 14, 2018
As hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans migrate across South America to escape hyperinflation and food shortages, some are dying in poverty far from home.
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Another study puts Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria deaths in the thousands
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Sep 1, 2018
Puerto Rico has now revised the official death toll from Hurricane Maria.
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Cardinal who was veteran diplomat, expert in heraldry dies at 92
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- Nov 20, 2017
ROME — A seasoned and successful Vatican diplomat and expert in heraldry, Italian Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo died Nov. 19 in Rome at age 92. Pope Francis sent a telegram of condolence Nov. 20 to the cardinal’s sister, Adriana Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, expressing his “sincere admiration” for the cardinal, “who lived with fidelity
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Realizing today may be one’s last day changes how one lives, pope says
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- Nov 17, 2017
During his morning Mass on Friday, Pope Francis said it does people good to recognize they will not be on this earth forever. “To think about death is not a terrible reverie, it’s reality. If it’s terrible or not depends on me, what I think about it, but whether it will be, it will be,” he said.
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Parish cemeteries: A labor, but also a labor of love
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Nov 2, 2017
Parish cemeteries are “not all that uncommon” in the Midwest, said Grant Emmel, who is charged with keeping tabs on the 125 cemeteries in the Madison Diocese. “It’s the perfect ministry, because it’s right there, it’s right in the middle of your parish … our parents are there, our grandparents are there, our kids are there.”
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