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4 hrs ago | DFW Catholic

Pope's plan to visit Bonaria shrine thrills pastor

Cagliari, Italy, May 17, 2013 / 05:05 am .- Father Giovannino Tolu said his heart began racing when he heard that Pope Francis will the visit the shrine he oversees on the Italian island of Sardinia, making it the fourth time he has received a pontiff.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Travel, Buenos Aires, Argentina Travel, South America Travel, Argentina Travel

8 hrs ago | Catholic Voice

Archbishop Brunett reflects on his time in Oakland

"I found Oakland to be the biggest surprise of my life," said the Most Rev. Alex J. Brunett, who since Oct.

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Related Topix: Oakland, CA, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving

12 hrs ago | Knoxville News Sentinel

Terry Mattingly: Earthy images, parish roots key to Pope Francis' messages

There is nothing unusual about a Catholic leader urging priests to draw closer to their flocks, to focus on day-to-day issues that bridge the gap between pulpit and pew.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Sports

16 hrs ago | Boston Herald

Merkel and Pope talk about a 'strong' Europe

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, made a quick trip to Rome Saturday for a private meeting with Pope Francis, focusing on how Europe's struggling economy should be at the service of the people.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany, Angela Merkel, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Opinion

16 hrs ago | BBC News

Thousands rally to oppose Italy cuts

Thousands of protesters, led by trade unionists, have rallied in the Italian capital Rome against the policies of the new coalition government.

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Related Topix: Europe, Italy, World News, Germany, Silvio Berlusconi

20 hrs ago | DFW Catholic

Vatican and FAO Allied in Fight Against Hunger

"On a scale of 1 to 10, the Pope's interest in eradicating hunger is at 11," the director general of the FAO says.

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Yesterday | The Miami Herald

Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges

The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad." The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor began when parents of three of ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Egypt, Religion, Islam, Activism

Fri May 17, 2013

St. Anthony Messenger

Vatican Legal: Project Underway to Update Sections of Canon Law

Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta has a special briefcase he uses exclusively to carry documentation for a project that would completely revise an entire section of the Catholic Church's basic law.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church

Times of Oman

Vatican Bank to publish its accounts, launch website

Ernst von Freyberg told the bank's employees of the changes, which should be in place by the end of the year, this week, according to Vatican Radio.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Pittsburgh Catholic

Bishop urges men to live their faith

Bishop David Zubik told the almost 100 men gathered before him that the foundation of who they are isn't their talent, their education or their intelligence.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion

TrekEarth

Lateran cloister

Archbasilica of St. John Lateran From Wikipedia: The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran , commonly known as St.

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Related Topix: France, Europe, World News, Francois Hollande

TIME.com

For First Time, the Vatican Enters Prestigious Venice Biennale

The first thing visitors will see when they enter the Vatican Pavilion at the Venice Biennale-an art show dedicated to the modern and cutting edge-will be a nod to the past: a three-paneled triptych on which the 20th-century Italian artist Tano Festa reproduced details from Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Newkerala.com

Slain Pak minister Shahbaz Bhatti's brother to speak at Vatican gathering

Islamabad, May 16 : The brother of slain Pakistani minister Shahbaz Bhatti will speak in front of Pope Francis and some 120,000 members of new Catholic religious movements on Saturday, the Vatican has said.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Thu May 16, 2013

Free Republic

'Cult of money' produces injustice and misery, Pope warns

'We have started down the path of a disposable culture,' Pope Francis said in a May 16 address to four new ambassadors to the Holy See.

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Free Republic

Islamic Forced Conversions - Past and Present

Raymond Ibrahim, a scholar of Islam and Islamic history who has a particular focus on Muslim persecution of Christians, has on his website - for which I also write - a new article, Islamic Forced Conversions - Past and Present , highlighting the astonishing similarities of past atrocities, which many people in the West believe to have been ... (more)

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Examiner.com

The Eucharist, and the wolves that attack the Church

" Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, in which you tend the Church of God that he acquired with his own Blood.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

The Catholic Sun Phoenix

Tweet Inspiration': Bible Geek brings Scripture to Twitter

"Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters ," by Mark Hart, is available through local Catholic books stores as well as on the web through franciscanmedia.org. Hart, a local Catholic, is vice president of Life Teen.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Twitter, Startups, Facebook

The Catholic Sun Phoenix

Archbishop says people returning to confession because of pope

A priest listens to a confession during Mass in 2012 at the Temple of Divine Providence in Warsaw, Poland.

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Related Topix: Poland, World News, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Sojourners

The Pope We've Been Waiting For?

I WAS 15 when Pope Paul VI died in 1978. He'd been pope my whole life. Elated at the election of John Paul, I followed his papacy with all the obsessive focus of a teenager.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Wed May 15, 2013

The Catholic Sun Phoenix

Pope says there are no part-time Christians; faith is a full-time job

Catholics can't put their faith on a part-time schedule or rely on it just for the moments they choose; being Christian is a full-time occupation, Pope Francis said.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion