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Israeli police block cardinal, custos from entering Church of the Holy Sepulchre
In an incident described as unprecedented, Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, along with Father Francesco…
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Ukraine bishop: War could spread to countries that ‘never imagined it reaching them’
Ahead of Easter, Bishop Vitalii Kryvytski, SDB, of Kyiv-Zhytomyr in Ukraine warned against conflicts spreading to unexpected places around the…
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Catholic Church in Holy Land rejects death penalty, calls for mercy and human dignity
Amid growing controversy over the Israeli Knesset’s recent approval of a law permitting the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners, the…
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Miami archbishop, top U.S. diplomat decry persecution of Church in Nicaragua during Holy Week
During Holy Week, the archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, and the second-in-command at the U.S. State Department, Deputy Secretary Christopher…
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Quebec secularism law is ‘anti-religious ideology,’ bishops tell Canada Supreme Court
Canada’s bishops told the Supreme Court of Canada that Quebec’s secularism legislation Bill 21 “denies the divine” going well beyond…
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PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV celebrates the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Vatican
Pope Leo XIV on Holy Thursday returned the Mass of the Lord’s Supper to the Basilica of St. John Lateran,…
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Here’s what the Holy Thursday Seven Churches Visitation devotion is all about
The Visitation to Seven Churches is a Holy Thursday devotion primarily practiced in Latin America, Italy, Poland, and the Philippines…
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Apostleship of the Sea: 20,000 sailors stranded near Strait of Hormuz ‘living in constant anguish’
There are approximately 20,000 sailors stranded near the Strait of Hormuz — one of the world’s most strategic maritime routes…
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Trump vows to hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ amid Catholic calls for peace
President Donald Trump vowed stronger military action against Iran in an address to the nation on Wednesday night, amid continued…
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