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August 12, 2019
August 12, 2019
Cardinal Sergio Obeso Rivera, retired archbishop of Xalapa, Mexico who was created a cardinal by Pope Francis a little over a year ago, has died at the age of 87. According to Vatican News, Cardinal Obeso died on August 11 in Xalapa. In 1931, he was born into a prominent family, which founded and operates
August 12, 2019
Pope Francis approved new statutes for the Institute for the Works of Religion, often referred to as the Vatican bank, that include structural changes and a mandatory external audit. The renewed statutes, which were approved by the Pope “ad experimentum” (on a trial basis) for two years, were published by the Vatican press office on
August 12, 2019
The Archbishop of Sydney has expressed his disappointment at the passage by the lower house of the New South Welsh parliament of a bill to decriminalize abortion, and the failure to pass limiting amendments. The Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 passed the Legislative Assembly on August 8 by a vote of 59 to 31.
August 12, 2019
The upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Amazon is an “urgent” gathering, not of scientists and politicians, but for the church whose main focus in discussions will be evangelization, Pope Francis said in a new interview. However, the importance of the Amazon region’s biodiversity and current threats it faces also will be addressed because “together
August 12, 2019
I have been sent two books, one a parents’ resource and the other a parish resource, on the subject of Christian accompaniment of parents through the experience of a pre-birth diagnosis of possible disability. Because I Am, by Cristina Gangemi  (Redemptorist Publications) includes reflections from parents in this situation and passages meditating on the life
August 12, 2019
Having recently blogged about Around the Year with the von Trapp Family, by Maria Augusta von Trapp, it led me to ponder just how vigorous the Catholic faith and culture was in Austria before the War. Von Trapp lovingly describes the way the family kept their Austrian religious customs alive after they had immigrated to
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