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News Briefs: May 22, 2022
Cardinal Zen says he’s fine; detentions provoke outcry HONG KONG (CNS) – Cardinal Joseph Zen, retired bishop of Hong Kong, reassured Catholics that he is fine after being detained and […]
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Oberammergau Passion Play is stressful, but pulls people together
By Gunther Simmermacher Next time, Jesus would like to be a villain. That is a role one of the two actors portraying Christ in the Oberammergau Passion Play in Germany […]
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News Briefs: May 15, 2022
‘Witnesses of hope’: N.Y. delegation visits Ukraine, bordering countries NEW YORK (CNS) – New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said he was surprised and inspired by Ukrainians he met when […]
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News Briefs: May 8, 2022
Catholic leaders thankful for Melissa Lucio’s stay of execution WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNS) – Catholic leaders were thankful that death-row inmate Melissa Lucio was granted a last-minute stay of execution on […]
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Newly found Maryland site reveals clues about Catholic colonists
By Zoey Maraist ST. MARY’S CITY, Md. (CNS) – While English colonists who arrived in the New World were looking for greater opportunities, many of the Catholic colonists who arrived […]
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Pilgrims seek St. Junipero Serra’s intercession for California
By Valerie Schmalz SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) – A trio of young adults and their dog Laika walked more than 800 miles in the footsteps of St. Junipero Serra on a […]
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Advocate Deirdre McQuade, 53, helped communicate bishops’ pro-life message
HYATTSVILLE, Md. (CNS) — Longtime pro-life advocate Deirdre McQuade, who for more than a decade shared perspectives of U.S. bishops’ and the Catholic Church’s teaching on the sanctity of life, […]
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News Briefs: May 1, 2022
Vatican officials in U.S to study alleged miracles in Father Tolton’s cause QUINCY, Ill. (CNS) – The local ABC-TV affiliate in Quincy, where Father Augustus Tolton grew up and is […]
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Caritas, Polish hotels serve Easter breakfast to 20,000 Ukrainians
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) – For two months, Poland has been welcoming Ukrainian refugees, and organizers wanted them to be able to celebrate Easter in a special way. So on April […]
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News Briefs: April 24, 2022
Ukrainian Marine to pope: Mariupol ‘what hell on earth looks like’ VATICAN CITY (CNS) – A Ukrainian Marine commander pleaded with Pope Francis to do everything to save the city […]
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News Briefs: April 17, 2022
Pontifical Academy of Sciences raises alarm about nuclear weapons VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Russia’s war on Ukraine frighteningly raises the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons, the unleashing of […]
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News Briefs: April 10, 2022
Kharkiv bishop accuses Russia of terror tactics in Ukraine WARSAW, Poland (CNS) – A bishop in Ukraine accused Russian forces of deliberately targeting aid centers and of destroying the port […]