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01 Jul 2011 Concluding a semiannual meeting on 24 June convened by the Holy Sees Congregation for the Eastern Churches, the pope made a strong appeal to those agencies supporting the churches of the East: Read more...
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30 Jun 2011 OXFORD, England (CNS) — A Catholic bishop
from Romania will be beatified as a martyr almost six
decades after dying from being doused in boiling water in
a prison operated by his countrys former communist
regime. Read more...
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30 Jun 2011 MISRATA, Libya (CNS) — Fifteen-year-old
Mohammed Majeed had grown so accustomed to the war
raging around him that he lost his fear of the ordnance
scattered on the ground in his neighborhood. One day in
April, he found a rifle grenade just outside his front door
and carried the projectile inside. The next day, as he
played with it, it exploded in his hand. Read more...
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29 Jun 2011 BENGHAZI, Libya (CNS) — A Catholic nun
working in rebel-held eastern Libya says she and other
sisters have remained because of their commitment to the
people they serve. Read more...
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29 Jun 2011 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Israels ambassador to
the Vatican caused a controversy when he made unusually
positive comments about Pope Pius XIIs role in efforts to save Jews during World War II. Days later, he modified his position to say that his comments were personal and historically premature. Read more...
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28 Jun 2011 ONE magazine received 10 awards from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada. This year, judges were selected from the schools of journalism at Marquette and Loyola (Chicago) universities. Read more...
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27 Jun 2011 Pope Benedict XVI
called for emergency assistance to thousands of people
fleeing the violence and civil strife in North Africa and the
Middle East, and he appealed to nations to explore “every
possible form of mediation” to bring an end to the
conflicts. Read more...
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24 Jun 2011 NEW YORK (CNS) — Msgr. John E. Kozar,
former national director of the Pontifical Mission
Societies in the United States, has been appointed
president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association
and the Pontifical Mission for Palestine. Read more...
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