Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 06:18:17 +0000
A towering white cathedral built on the site of Guam’s first church dominates the skyline of Hagåtña, the sleepy capital of this American territory.
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:54:25 +0000
Archbishop Emeritus Jesus Balaso Tuquib of Cagayan de Oro died on Thursday (August 1).
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Pope Francis has approved an edit of “The Lord’s Prayer,” which was said to have been authored by Jesus himself.
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The Vatican’s former number-three, Cardinal George Pell, will begin on Wednesday his appeal against convictions for “brazen” sex attacks on two choirboys in the 1990s.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 23:30:25 +0000
MIERCUREA CIUC, Romania – Pope Francis braved a rain-soaked, twisting drive through the mountains of Transylvania on Saturday to visit Romania’s most famous shrine, urging Romanian and ethnic Hungarian faithful to work together for their future.
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Pope Francis arrives in Bulgaria but the Orthodox Church has rejected the idea of holding joint prayers with the pontiff.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:43:48 +0000
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Catholic churches in Sri Lanka canceled all Sunday Masses until further notice over concerns that they remain a top target of Islamic State-linked extremists, even as authorities said Friday a suspected local leader blew himself up in the Easter suicide bombings.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:46:17 +0000
Hundreds of Ahmadi Muslims, who finally found peace in Sri Lanka, fear backlash after the Easter bombings that killed over 350 people.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:08:51 +0000
The father of two of the suspected Easter suicide bombers was arrested on suspicion of aiding his sons, Sri Lanka’s former navy chief said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 08:57:34 +0000
Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s Catholic churches on Thursday suspended all public services over security fears, as thousands of troops joined the hunt for suspects in deadly Easter bombings that killed nearly 360 people.
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