News About World Day Of The Poor
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World Day of the Poor: A day for giving and receiving
Nov 19, 2017
This Sunday parishes in Rome and around the world will mark the first World Day of the Poor which is just one of the fruits of the Jubilee of Mercy.
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Catholic Church to highlight large-scale poverty on first 'World Day of the Poor'
Nov 19, 2017
A day for for the less fortunate, the vulnerable and the marginalized will be observed by the Catholic Church in the Philippines on Sunday, as globally initiated by Pope Francis.
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India marks World Day of the Poor
Nov 19, 2017
In Mumbai, the Church will be taking up donations to mark the World Day of the Poor, instituted by Pope Francis at the end of the Jubilee of Mercy.
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Pope Francis makes surprise visit field hospital in St. Peter's Square
Nov 17, 2017
Pope Francis greets volunteers and poor people in St. Peter's Square along with Archbishop Rino Fisichella
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Vatican prepares for first World Day of the Poor
Nov 16, 2017
A mobile clinic arrived in front of St Peter's Square on Monday. Offering specialist medical services to the poor and needy, it is one of initiatives
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Pope to mark World Day of the Poor, with lunch for 1,500
Nov 15, 2017
More than four thousand indigent will attend Mass. They will come from Rome and from Lazio, diocese including Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Warsaw, Krakow, Malines-Brussels and Luxembourg. Among the initiatives, a medical field hospital set up near the Vatican that will carry out free clinical tests, specialist medical examinations in cardiology, dermatology, infectivity, gynaecology and andrology.
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Card Ranjith calls for prayers and practical action on World Day of the Poor
Nov 15, 2017
Card Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, has invited all parish churches and ecclesiastical institutions in Sri Lanka to take part in the World Day of the Poor, which will be celebrated next Sunday, 19 November.
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Vatican announces initaitives for first World Day of Poor
Nov 15, 2017
This Sunday, November 19th marks the first World Day of the Poor, which Pope Francis called for at the conclusion of the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
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Cardinal Ranjith calls for prayers and practical action on World Day of the Poor
Nov 14, 2017
Card Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, has invited all parish churches and ecclesiastical institutions in Sri Lanka to take part in the World Da
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Pope to lead celebration of World Day of the Poor
Nov 13, 2017
Pope Francis will celebrate the Catholic Church's first World Day of the Poor Nov. 19 by celebrating a morning Mass with people in need and those who
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