Month: August 2021

​Pope Francis advances sainthood cause of Italian Catholic priest who saved Jews in WWII

August 31, 2021

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Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood causes of a Franciscan friar who helped to rescue Jews during the Holocaust and a mother who sacrificed her life to save her unborn child.

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​Catholics in Poland to hold ‘day of solidarity’ with people of Afghanistan

August 30, 2021

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The Catholic Church in Poland will hold a “day of solidarity” with the war-weary population of Afghanistan on Sept. 5.

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Pope Francis: Complaining is ‘poison’ for the heart

August 29, 2021

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Complaining and blaming others is a waste of time; the way to defeat evil is to conquer it first within our own hearts, Pope Francis said Sunday.

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Pope Francis urges Catholics to pray and fast for Afghanistan

August 29, 2021

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Pope Francis on Sunday urged Christians to intensify their prayer, penance, and fasting for the situation in Afghanistan, as he entrusted the souls of those who have died to God’s mercy.

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​Pope Francis meets Nadia Murad as Nobel Prize winner advocates for Afghan women

August 27, 2021

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Pope Francis on Thursday met with Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad, a human rights advocate who has been speaking out on behalf of women and girls in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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​Desperate Afghan Christians turned away at airport, aid groups say

August 26, 2021

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With time running out to rescue civilians fleeing the Taliban, Afghan Christians and others whose names appear on U.S. government lists of qualified evacuees are being turned away at the airport in Kabul, representatives of aid organizations and others told CNA Wednesday.

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Pope Francis: ‘Hypocrisy in the Church is particularly detestable’

August 25, 2021

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Pope Francis said on Wednesday that hypocrisy within the Church is “particularly detestable.”

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​Pope Francis sends $230,000 for Haiti earthquake victims

August 24, 2021

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Pope Francis will send over $230,000 in aid for victims of the Haiti earthquake which struck Aug. 14.

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​Vandals steal cross from altar of Catholic church in the Holy Land

August 23, 2021

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Vandals have stolen a cross from the Catholic church in the Holy Land built on the site where tradition holds that Jesus performed the miracle of multiplying five loaves and two fishes to feed 5,000 people.

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Pope Francis: Do not water down the truth of the Eucharist

August 22, 2021

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Pope Francis on Sunday encouraged Catholics to not water down the reality of Jesus Christ’s humanity and his teaching that the Eucharist is his Body and Blood.

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