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5/29/2021 10:47:33 PM
Known for his colourful love life, 56-year-old Johnson wed Symonds, 33, in Catholic Westminster Cathedral in front of close friends and family, the Mail on Sunday and The Sun newspapers reported
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5/6/2021 4:51:11 PM
In a message to the Catholic Bishops' Conference in India, the pontiff offered his 'heartfelt solidarity and spiritual closeness to all the Indian people'
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5/3/2021 11:50:59 AM
With COVID-19 restrictions preventing Barcelona's Islamic population from celebrating Ramadan at the usual indoor venues, a Catholic church has offered up its open-air cloisters for Muslims to eat and pray together
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Egypt
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4/29/2021 5:13:00 PM
Today Christians around the world celebrate Holy Thursday, when Jesus was believed to have dined with his apostles for the last time
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4/21/2021 11:05:00 AM
In the wake of the immense changes taking place in the Eastern Mediterranean and wider region, the Maronite Church must put forward a new vision and new meaning for Lebanon
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4/10/2021 11:16:00 AM
The chaotic scenes have stirred memories of decades of Catholic-Protestant conflict, known as ‘The Troubles’. A 1998 peace deal ended large-scale violence but did not resolve Northern Ireland's deep-rooted tensions
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3/28/2021 11:47:11 AM
Two suspected suicide bombers attacked a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, wounding fourteen people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, officials said
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3/28/2021 11:35:21 AM
Wearing face masks and observing physical distancing to protect themselves from COVID-19, they waved their palm fronds as the priest sprinkled holy water on them
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3/27/2021 1:25:34 PM
The Church wants to "recognise its responsibility to society by asking forgiveness for these crimes and shortcomings," the bishops announced after a gathering in the southern city of Lourdes
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3/25/2021 8:05:53 PM
The funds from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) would help support efforts by the Catholic Relief Services in healthcare facilities as well as address food insecurity
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World
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International
3/15/2021 3:29:37 PM
The Vatican said on Monday that priests and other Catholic Church ministers cannot bless same-sex unions and that such blessings are “not licit” if carried out
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3/7/2021 11:25:23 AM
No one has been prosecuted over the bombings in Colombo that killed 279 people on April 21, 2019, although a local investigation found that followers of a jihadist group were behind them
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2/7/2021 10:16:32 AM
Frenchwoman Nathalie Becquart is one of the two new undersecretaries named Saturday to the synod, where she has been a consultant since 2019
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1/28/2021 4:06:29 PM
Louis Sako, patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church, said it would be a 'private visit' between the two religious figures at Sistani's residence in the shrine city of Najaf, 'without formalities.'
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1/20/2021 5:00:07 PM
The first group was made up of about 25 individuals, and others will follow in coming days, said Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.
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12/25/2020 5:52:50 PM
Pope Francis, spiritual leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics, celebrated Christmas Eve mass in St Peter's Basilica before fewer than 200 masked faithful, mostly employees of the tiny Vatican state
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12/22/2020 1:39:23 PM
The Vatican said the issue was a cause of concern for some Catholics but 'it is morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted foetuses in their research and production process'
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Egypt
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Politics
12/7/2020 6:39:26 PM
Each diocese may hold masses twice on Friday and Sunday, depending on conditions, to give all participants a chance to attend while avoiding large gatherings
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World
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11/15/2020 4:58:07 PM
Catholics held an open air mass in the western French city of Nantes on Sunday to protest against COVID-19 restrictions, under which masses are banned in churches
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World
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11/5/2020 2:34:00 PM
US Catholic bishops are due to hold their annual meeting Nov. 15-19. It will be held virtually this year because of the coronavirus
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