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Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/08/16

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Pakistani Church deplores suicide blast at Quetta hospital

The suicide blast left at least 70 people dead and more than 120 injured

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Tim Kaine must not get away with styling himself a 'Pope Francis Catholic'

The Vatican may need to step in and rebuke Hillary Clinton's pro-abortion running mate

Pope Francis: 'Innocent people are paying the ultimate price for war in Syria'

Pope Francis was speaking after the recitation of the Angelus prayer in St Peter's Square on Sunday

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At Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue, cardinal blesses Olympic torch

'This is the moment to make our country and our world safer,' Cardinal Orani Tempesta said

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Archbishop: 'Violent crackdown on drug crime is turning Philippines into a killing field'

Archbishop Socrates Villegas issued a statement, read in churches Sunday expressing deep concerns over the killings of drugs suspects

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Bishop Daly, who aided Bloody Sunday victims, dies

The retired Bishop of Derry, who became a hero after administering last rites to victims on the streets and waving a blood-stained handkerchief, has died at the age of 82

What Pope Francis should have said in response to Fr Hamel's murder

It is futile to deny that ISIS can legitimately claim to be Islamic - even if it is out of sync with mainstream Islam

Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/08/16

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church