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Pakistan’s legislature passes bill to increase blasphemy penalties to life in prison
Pakistanis protest Nov. 2, 2018, in Lahore, shortly after the nation's supreme court acquitted Asia Bibi of blasphemy charges. /…
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Former liberation theologian says movement fueled decline of Catholicism in Brazil
Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. / Credit: Shutterstock ACI Digital, Aug 17, 2023 / 09:32 am…
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On Indian Independence Day, bishops reiterate Christians’ patriotism
Father Isaac Honsan, pastor of St. Paul's Church, stands in the rubble after the church was set on fire in…
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Pope Francis merges two dioceses in Japan
The Seto Inland Sea is the body of water separating Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, three of the four main islands…
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Priest brings the prayers of Mary to revive small mountain churches in the Alps
Place of worship in the Alps: Chapel of Trezanne, Trièves, France / Photo credit: Anna Kurian Paris, France, Aug 15,…
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Pope Francis calls for a ‘spirit of service’ on feast of Mary’s assumption
Pope Francis speaks to the crowd assembled in St. Peter's Square on Aug. 15, 2023, for the recitation of the…
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Dictatorship in Nicaragua blocks two priests who attended WYD from returning to the country
Cardinal Manuel Clemente, the patriarch of Lisbon, was the main celebrant for the Tuesday evening outdoor opening Mass for World…
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The fascinating history of the feast of Mary's Assumption
Assumption of the Virgin Mary, fresco painting in San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, Italy. / Zvonimir Atletic / Shutterstock. Washington…
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Saint Maximilian Kolbe's life as a child prepared his path to holiness
Maximilian Kolbe, 1939. / Public Domain. Rome Newsroom, Aug 14, 2023 / 15:16 pm (CNA). On August 14, 1941, the…
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Nigerian bishops discourage military intervention in Niger after coup
Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane (center), General Mohamed Toumba (center-left), and Colonel Ousmane…
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