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Colombian bishop responds to cathedral vandalism

ibague, colombia, mar 11, 2021 / 06:13 pm mt ( cna ) .- a colombian archbishop condemned an attack against a local cathedral march 8 by a gr...
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Swiss voters narrowly back ban on burqa, niqab as religious leaders voice concern

cna staff, mar 8, 2021 / 06:33 pm mt ( cna ) .- swiss voters have narrowly approved a proposal to ban religious facial coverings in pub...
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Pope Francis in Ur: Our Common Father in Faith is Abraham, Our Common Enemy is Hatred.

pope francis made an historic visit on saturday morning, to the ancient city of ur -- the city of the patriarch, abraham, claimed as "father...
Christopher Altieri

Pope Francis meets Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Iraq

pope francis and grand ayatollah ali sistani, march 06, 2021. image © vatican media an historic meeting shows when it comes to building brid...
John Cookson

Pope Francis in Iraq: Speaking the language of Our Lord

a view of the entrance of the syriac catholic church of the immaculate conception (al-tahira-l-kubra), in the predominantly christian town o...
Sam Sweeney

Straw poll of conservative activists reveals pro-life policies to be least important issue

washington d.c., mar 2, 2021 / 04:00 pm mt ( cna ) .- pro-life leaders responded to a recent straw poll of conservative activists where pro-...
Kate Scanlon CNA

A Pope for our times

one of the things one looks forward to when opening a john cornwell book on the latest civil war battle in the church, or a new papal portra...
William Cash

Crisis? What crisis?

cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul, philadelphia (credit: shakzu, istock) one of my favourite pastimes as a priest is listening to ...
Eric Banecker

The saints searching for sustenance

over the course of a long friendship that began at school, my old pal jacob rees-mogg, member of parliament and roman catholic – though not ...
William Sitwell

Healing the American divide

it has been a long time since american catholics could expect to see the country’s president attending weekly mass, but it’s happening now. ...
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