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Pope sends message of joy, hope to Korea before trip
Aug 12, 2014
Amid preparations for his Aug. 14-18 trip to South Korea, Pope Francis has sent a video message greeting the people of the country and offering special encouragement to the youth and elderly.
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In Korea, Pope Francis to visit cemetery for aborted babies
Aug 11, 2014
During his upcoming trip to South Korea, Pope Francis will pray for the unborn at the “Cemetery for Aborted Children” as part of his visit to the Kkottoghnae Home for the sick.
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New Iraqi envoy shows Pope's desire for key diplomatic role
Aug 11, 2014
Pope Francis' appointment Friday of a special envoy to Iraq demonstrates his desire that diplomacy have an impact for the persecuted minorities, particularly Christians, suffering as a result of the establishment of the Islamic State.
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Pope appeals for peace in Iraq, Gaza during Sunday angelus
Aug 11, 2014
After leading faithful in the Marian prayer, Pope Francis again urged prayers and international help for the current conflict in Iraq and Gaza, revealing that his personal envoy to Iraq will leave Monday.
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Prayers urged as black mass organizer claims consecrated Host
Aug 11, 2014
The purported use of a consecrated Host at a planned satanic black mass at an Oklahoma City civic center would be a “terrible sacrilege” that requires a prayerful response, the local archbishop emphasized.
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Pope Francis appoints personal envoy to Iraq
Aug 11, 2014
Responding to the increasingly dramatic situation of Christians in Iraq following the expansion of ISIS forces to the plain of Nineveh, Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Fernando Filoni as his personal envoy.
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Pope names new bishop for Ohio-based eparchy
Aug 08, 2014
Pope Francis has named seminary rector Father Bohdan J. Danylo as new bishop for the Parma, Ohio-based Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat.
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Pope thanks Knights of Columbus for their service, charity
Aug 07, 2014
In a message delivered to the Knights of Columbus' international convention, Pope Francis thanked the Catholic fraternal organization for their charitable activity, as well as for their defense of religious freedom.
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Pope: mercy, compassion at heart of new covenant
Aug 07, 2014
In his first general audience since June, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the Church, explaining that Jesus fulfills the Old Testament by giving a new teaching on mercy in the beatitudes.
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Bishop pledges to stay in Libya: ‘I cannot leave the few remaining Christians’
Aug 06, 2014
As rival militias battle for control of Libya, the apostolic vicar of Tripoli, Bishop Giovanni Martinelli, has pledged to remain in the North African nation “even if only one Christian remains.”
Sunday Reflection
Embracing the wisdom of the human heart
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