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Europe Swiss politician faces court after firing 20 shots at image of Mary and Jesus US Mississippi launches MAMA program to support moms, families, and pro-life values
Cardinal Parolin: Situation unbearable in Gaza with destruction and starvation
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Vatican News "A war without limits": That is how Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, described the situation in Gaza during a phone interview Friday evening, 18 July, with the news program TG2 Post produced by Italy's public broadcaster RAI. The Cardinal spoke of a situation that
Mississippi Launches MAMA Program to Support Moms, Families, and Pro-Life Values
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Kaspars Grinvalds The program is similar to the USSCB initiative, Walking with Moms in Need.
US Mississippi launches MAMA program to support moms, families, and pro-life values Middle East - Af
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US Mississippi launches MAMA program to support moms, families, and pro-life values Middle East - Africa National congress for laity in Angola ‘decisive milestone for Church’
National Congress for Laity in Angola ‘Decisive Milestone for Church’
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ACI Africa Sebastião Marques Panzo, director of the National Secretariat for the Apostolate of the Laity of the
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem says war in Gaza is ‘inexcusable’
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Israel’s actions in Gaza are “inexcusable,” according to the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. He visited Gaza on Friday, the day after the tank attack of the only Catholic church in the region, the Parish of the Holy Family. The explosion killed three people and injured several others,
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Middle East - Africa National congress for laity in Angola ‘decisive milestone for Church’ US St. Mary Magdalene: The first witness to the Resurrection US
St. Mary Magdalene: The first witness to the Resurrection
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“The Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene” by Alexander Ivanov, 1834-1836. / Credit: Alexander Ivanov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Newsroom, Jul 22, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). Not much is known about the life of St. Mary Magdalene, whose feast day
US St. Mary Magdalene: The first witness to the Resurrection US Catholics reflect on 100th anniversa
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Jul. 22 Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, Feast
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Today is the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene. On June 10, 2016, the liturgical celebration honoring St. Mary Magdalene was raised from a memorial to a feast, commemorating the "Apostle to the Apostles" with a liturgical feast, the same celebration as most of the apostles (except for Peter and Paul).
Israeli ambassador to Holy See says actions of Hamas reason for war in Gaza
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Israel says peace in Gaza can happen “today,” but Hamas must release its Israeli hostages and relinquish its military and governing powers in Gaza. Yaron Sideman, the Israeli Ambassador to the Holy See, said Israel has agreed to all the ceasefire and hostage release proposals presented by mediators, but Hamas
Catholics reflect on 100th anniversary of Scopes trial, 1920s evolution debate
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William Jennings Bryan (seated at left) being interrogated by Clarence Seward Darrow, during the trial of the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, July 20, 1925. Because of the extreme heat, the proceedings were moved outdoors. / Credit: Smithsonian Institution from United States,
Catholics reflect on 100th anniversary of Scopes trial, 1920s evolution debate
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William Jennings Bryan (seated at left) being interrogated by Clarence Seward Darrow, during the trial of the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, July 20, 1925. Because of the extreme heat, the proceedings were moved outdoors. / Credit: Smithsonian Institution from United States,
US Catholics reflect on 100th anniversary of Scopes trial, 1920s evolution debate Middle East - Afri
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US Catholics reflect on 100th anniversary of Scopes trial, 1920s evolution debate Middle East - Africa Pastor of Gaza church hit by Israeli fire: ‘We are in God’s grace and we persevere in faith’
Why Priests Need Hope, and Community, Now More Than Ever
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Dabarti CGI ‘Mercy’ COMMENTARY: Amid mental-health challenges and growing pastoral
Nigeria is still imposing restrictions on religious freedom, U.S. agency says
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Nigeria’s legal system is imposing systematic restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, specifically with its use of blasphemy laws in 12 Nigerian states, according to a statement issued on Monday from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). In April, the Nigerian government assured the United States
Cardinal ‘deeply saddened’ by deadly military plane crash in Bangladesh
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MUMBAI, India – At least 20 people were killed in Bangladesh after an air force training jet crashed into the Milestone School and College in Dhaka, the capital of the South Asia nation. ” It is with great sorrow that I learned of the devastating air crash, which ploughed into
British bishop calls on UK government to support asylum seekers
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LEICESTER, United Kingdom – In England, six people were arrested after protests took place a hotel used to house asylum seekers in the eastern county of Essex. Asylum seekers have been housed in the Bell Hotel in the market town of Epping.
Priests Learn to Connect With Their Audiences at Preaching Boot Camp
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Priests learn how to speak well. Lower right: Franciscan Father Tojy Jose and Father Daniel Mode (speaker)
Pastor of Gaza church hit by Israeli fire: ‘We are in God’s grace and we persevere in faith’
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Father Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family who was wounded in a recent strike on the church, stands before the altar during a Sunday morning Mass held by the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem at the church in