Month: March 2021
Ireland’s Catholic bishops announce national synodal assembly
March 11, 2021
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Ireland’s Catholic bishops announced on Wednesday that they would hold a national synodal assembly “within the next five years.”
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Catholic nun begs police not to shoot protesters during Burma unrest
March 10, 2021
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A religious sister in northern Burma knelt before police on Monday, begging them not to use violence against protesters.
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Pope Francis confirms plans to go to Hungary for International Eucharistic Congress
March 8, 2021
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Pope Francis on Monday confirmed that he planned to visit Hungary for the closing Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress, which will take place Sept. 12 in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square.
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Pope Francis in the Nineveh Plains: ‘Terrorism and death never have the last word’
March 7, 2021
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Pope Francis entrusted the rebuilding of Christian communities in the Nineveh Plains to the protection of the Virgin Mary at a church that was once desecrated and burned by the Islamic State.
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Pope Francis appeals for interreligious harmony at birthplace of Abraham
March 6, 2021
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Pope Francis on Saturday appealed for harmony among the followers of the world’s major monotheistic religions at an interreligious meeting in the Plain of Ur, southern Iraq.
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Pope Francis meets Iraqi Catholics in church where 48 died in 2010 terrorist attack
March 5, 2021
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Pope Francis met Iraqi Catholic leaders in Baghdad on Friday, in a cathedral where 48 people were martyred during a 2010 terrorist attack.
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Pope Francis says he is coming to Iraq as ‘a pilgrim of peace’
March 4, 2021
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A day before he departs for Baghdad, Pope Francis sent a video message to the Iraqi people, saying that he was coming to Iraq as “a pilgrim of peace.”
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Pope Francis prays for a renewal of the Sacrament of Reconciliation
March 3, 2021
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Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of March is for a renewed experience of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
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How to obtain a plenary indulgence during Holy Week
March 2, 2021
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A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ, Mary and all the saints to remove the temporal punishment due to sin.
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Apostolic nuncio in Iraq tests positive for COVID-19 five days before papal trip
March 1, 2021
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The apostolic nunciature in Iraq reported on Sunday, Feb. 28 that the Nuncio Mitja Leskovar, has tested positive for COVID less than a week before Pope Francis trip to the country.
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