Synod bishops to renew Vatican II's "Pact of the Catacombs" for the poor
- Oct 19, 2019
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In Italy, even getting a pug offers a graduate lesson in Catholicism
- News Analysis
- Jul 27, 2019
If you’re at all interested in Catholicism, just moving around Italy is like a graduate education in Church history.
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Churches strike deal to restore Jerusalem holy site
- Associated Press, Church in the Middle East
- May 27, 2019
The three churches in charge of Jerusalem’s holiest Christian site say they have reached an agreement to begin a multi-million dollar renovation of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
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Christian pilgrims process through Jerusalem for Good Friday
- Associated Press, Church in the Middle East
- Apr 19, 2019
Thousands of Christian pilgrims and clergy members marched through the ancient stone alleys of Jerusalem’s Old City, retracing Jesus’ path to crucifixion in observation of Good Friday.
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Family tradition: Carrying the cross on Jerusalem’s Via Dolorosa
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East
- Apr 8, 2019
For four decades, Mousa Kamar has taken his place at the head of the heavy wooden cross used during the Franciscan Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa.
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Catholics urged to support Middle East Christians on Good Friday
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East
- Mar 28, 2019
Iraqis and Syrians returning to their homelands and refugees living abroad need the help of all Catholics and people of goodwill, said the Congregation for Eastern Churches.
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Don’t dread Lent, but make the best of its 40 days
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Mar 6, 2019
Long, orange flames consumed the palms Massgoers had brought in to Washington’s Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land March 3 to burn ceremonially before the noontime crowd that gathered for their last Sunday Mass before Lent.
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