Joaquim Magalhães de Castro Every chronicler guarantees that the kind king and his people left the best of the impressions among the Portuguese visitors, back at sea again.
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CARDINAL DOLAN CONDEMNS ‘UGLY AND UNLAWFUL’ DEFACEMENT OF ST PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL
/ January 15, 2021(CNA) Cardinal Timothy Dolan has denounced the defacement of St. Patrick’s Cathedral after protesters affiliated with Black Lives Matter Brooklyn and Justice for George spray painted graffiti on its exterior.
‘A MARTYR WHO DIED LAUGHING’: CAUSE OF PRIEST IMPRISONED BY NAZIS AND COMMUNISTS’ ADVANCES
/ January 15, 2021(CNA) The sainthood cause of a Catholic priest who was imprisoned by both the Nazis and the communists has advanced with the conclusion of the initial diocesan phase of the cause.
HOW THIS CATHOLIC GROUP BROUGHT CHRISTMAS PRESENTS TO ARMENIA
/ January 15, 2021(CNA) A Catholic non-profit has surprised hundreds of suffering Armenian families with Christmas presents following the problems of the coronavirus pandemic and the Nagorno-Karabakh war.
COMING THIS 24TH OF JANUARY 2021 – Pope establishes Sunday of the Word of God
/ January 15, 2021(Vatican News) Pope Francis’ Apostolic Letter, Motu proprio Aperuit illis, published on 30 September, establishes that “the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time is to be devoted to the celebration, study and dissemination of the Word of God.”
Highly talented, most Catholic, UN head Antonio Guterres
/ January 15, 2021Robaird O’CearbhaillHong Kong Correspondent We should, as journalists, analyse and critique, and when necessary, praise, the high and mighty. One of the great Catholics of our time – the Secretary General of the United Nations.
LEBANESE MAN’S DECADES OF RESEARCH HELPS GREAT-UNCLE’S SAINTHOOD CAUSE
/ January 15, 2021(CNS) Fares Melki’s first introduction to his great-uncle was when he asked his grandfather about the picture framed above his grandfather’s bed. About 10 years later, Melki bought a book about the Armenian genocide and discovered that it included passages from the diary of Father Leonard Melki.
POPE OFFICIALLY EXPANDS WOMEN’S ROLES IN CATHOLIC LITURGY – “We need to assume our mission with greater responsibility”
/ January 15, 2021Marco Carvalho A great honor, but also a great responsibility. This is how Maria Lúcia Fonseca, a missionary of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, received the papal decree authorizing women to distribute communion, to serve as acolytes and to read the Word of God during the Eucharist.
WHY A NEW CONSECRATION TO ST. JOSEPH IS SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE
/ January 8, 2021(CNA) One of the most prominent people in the life of Jesus Christ, St. Joseph, his foster father, is also one of the quietest. And as such, he can be one of the most overlooked people in the Bible and in the Holy Family.
POPE FRANCIS: AT THE END OF A YEAR OF PANDEMIC – ‘We praise you, God’
/ January 8, 2021(CNA) Pope Francis explained Thursday why the Catholic Church gives thanks to God at the close of a calendar year, even years that have been marked by tragedy, such as 2020’s coronavirus pandemic.