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December 08, 2019

Cardinal Tagle named head of Vatican evangelization office

December 08, 2019

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, archbishop of Manila, Philippines, to lead the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Tagle, 62, follows Cardinal Fernando Filoni as prefect, usually referred to by its historic name of Propaganda Fide. Charged with the Church’s missionary works and territories, Propaganda Fide is one of the largest curial

Pope: Mary’s Immaculate Conception the start of the fulfillment of God’s plan

December 08, 2019

With Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception, God was, even before Mary’s birth, putting into motion his plan of salvation for the world, Pope Francis said Sunday. “Today we consider the beginning of this fulfillment” of God’s promise, he said Dec. 8, during his weekly Angelus address, even “before the birth of the Mother of the Lord.”

Sheen beatification delay an act of ‘sabotage,’ Peoria official writes

December 08, 2019

After the Diocese of Rochester last week confirmed it had requested that the beatification of Venerable Fulton Sheen be delayed, a longtime Peoria diocese official is accusing the Rochester diocese of repeatedly “sabotaging” Sheen’s sainthood cause. “Under the veneer of the Rochester diocese’s call for caution, more than an overwhelming majority of people would conclude