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Government of Cuba announces release of more than 2,000 prisoners for Easter
The Cuban government announced the release of 2,010 prisoners for Easter on April 2 — the highest number in recent…
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Archbishop shares 10 characteristics of his thriving seminary
The archbishop of Toledo and primate of Spain, Francisco Cerro, said it is not uncommon to be asked “what the…
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Security fears prompt changes to Holy Week and Easter celebrations in Iraq
The war unfolding in the Middle East and the security challenges accompanying it have affected how Iraqi Christians will observe…
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Catholic groups offer aid, shelter to displaced people in Lebanon
Catholic organizations in the Middle East are helping provide aid, food, and shelter to people in Lebanon who are displaced…
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Release date for Season 6 of ‘The Chosen’ announced
Prime Video and 5&2 Studios announced April 3 that the sixth season of “The Chosen” will be released in the…
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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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