Emmy Award-winning actress Patricia Heaton has warned Kanye West that people will ridicule him for his faith. The devout Catholic comedian, who is best known for her sitcom roles as Debra Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond and Frankie Heck in The Middle, revealed she is praying for the rapper who earlier this year proclaimed he […]
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Catholics must continue to remind politicians of the responsibility they owe to the world’s most vulnerable, the Bishop for the Environment has said. His call comes as a new survey suggests that more than half of people say climate change will influence the way they vote in the next general election. “The way that people […]
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Mercy Sister Mary Aidan Donaldson worked in education for almost 50 years – but that wasn’t nearly half her life story. The eldest Sister of Mercy in the world and believed to be the oldest living religious of any order, died on 25th October at the age of 111 at the Convent of Mercy retirement […]
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Ethiopia is now managing nearly a million refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, Yemen and even Syria, said Ethiopian Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel. Because so many Ethiopians are refugees, those who remain in the country work to make newcomers feel welcome. The cardinal, who visited Washington in late November, said his country had been “a […]
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The Brazilian bishops’ Indigenous Missionary Council is holding the Brazilian government responsible for the assassination of indigenous leader Paulo Paulino Guajajara, one of the Guardians of the Forest in the Amazon. ‘Today it is no exaggeration to say that indigenous people can no longer move safely within their territories. The recurring speeches by the president […]
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The Bolivian bishops called on politicians in the South American country to respect the will of the people and review the results of the recent election that gave President Evo Morales a fourth consecutive term. The result was not recognised by the country’s opposition parties, and thousands of Bolivians have been taking to the streets […]
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Catholic leaders in the Philippines have appealed to churchgoers to donate gifts for the poor when they attend Mass, especially during the observance of World Day of the Poor on 17th November. Ucanews.org reported that Archbishop Rolando Tirona, head of the social action arm of the Philippine bishops’ conference, said the sharing of gifts ‘is […]
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The Catholic Church must follow Jesus’ command to preach the Gospel to every person, otherwise it will not fulfil its mission of bearing witness to Christ, Pope Francis said. In an excerpt of a new book-length interview published on 4th November by Fides, news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the pope […]
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Members of the Vietnamese community gathered in London for a vigil in memory of the 39 people found dead in a lorry in Essex. The service on Saturday 2nd November was attended by more than 100 people at the Church of the Holy Name and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in east London. Candles […]
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Pope Francis has prayed for those killed during violent protests in Ethiopia, which left dozens of people dead. Violence erupted in late October in Oromia — the most populated region of the north African nation. After praying the Angelus with visitors in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis led a prayer for all those affected by […]
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