Top Stories
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Will the next nuncio to the US come from south of the border?
Mar 11, 2016
Since Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, apostolic nuncio to the United States, celebrated his 75th birthday Jan. 16, it is expected that his replacement will soon be named by the Holy See.
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Pope Francis approves new rules for financial oversight of saints' causes
Mar 11, 2016
Pope Francis has issued new guidelines for ensuring financial transparency in advancing causes of beatification and canonization, requiring both an administrator to oversee the process and annual budget checks.
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Massive new report documents IS genocide of Christians in Iraq, Syria
Mar 11, 2016
One week before the State Department must announce if Islamic State atrocities against religious minorities in Iraq and Syria are genocide, a 278-page report has been released documenting that Christians there do face genocide.
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Pune: Thugs burn Bible and sacred texts in front of Our Lady of Fatima grotto
Mar 11, 2016
Unknown thugs broke into the St Sebastian Church at dawn yesterday in Daund, a town some 80 km from Pune (Maharashtra), and set fire to the Bible, sacred books and religious sheet music in front of the Grotto of Our Lady Fatima.
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Bethlehem: The restoration of the Basilica of the Nativity uncovers extraordinary mosaics
Mar 11, 2016
Sobhy Makhoul, chancellor of the Maronite Patriarchate in Jerusalem and director of the Christian Media Center, spoke to AsiaNews about the restoration work currently underway at the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestine.
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A Cyclone called Francis
Mar 10, 2016
Something extraordinary is happening and mercy is going to spread throughout the world.
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Archbishop Cushley on Scots College 400th anniversary
Mar 10, 2016
The Pontifical Scots College this week marks exactly 400 years since its official establishment as a seminary in Rome for young men studying for the priesthood.
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Msgr Jim Checchio appointed bishop of Central NJ diocese
Mar 10, 2016
Monsignor Jim Checchio, who spent more than a decade as rector of Rome’s Pontifical North American College until five weeks ago, has been named new bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey.
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Syrian children at risk from civil war
Mar 10, 2016
A new report from humanitarian aid agency Save the Children says more than a quarter million children in besieged areas of Syria are at daily risk from the ongoing civil war.
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Spiritual Excercises: 'To share is to multiply'
Mar 10, 2016
Pope Francis says that the four nuns who were killed in Yemen are modern-day martyrs and victims of indifference.
Sunday Reflection
Embracing the wisdom of the human heart
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr George Vaithynathan