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Catholic News - General
The first Mexican-born martyr: a castaway friar who was crucified in Japan
Pope Francis at the Nagasaki Martyrs’ Monument on Nishizaka Hill Nov. 24, 2019. / Vatican Media. ACI Prensa Staff, Feb…
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Catholic News - Americas
Meet the Franciscan friar who baptized St. Juan Diego
A painting of Franciscan missionary Pedro de Gante with Juan Diego, whom the friar baptized along with Diego’s wife in…
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Franciscan friar in Syria becomes bishop of Latin-rite Catholics in Aleppo
The new Bishop Hanna Jallouf, OFM, walks down the center aisle of St. Francis Church in Aleppo, Syrian, after his…
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Catholic News - Pope
Franciscan friar gets 6 months in jail for blocking New York abortion clinic entrance
Father Fidelis Moscinski (lower left, standing behind the cross), a well-known pro-life activist and priest of the Franciscan Friars of…
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