Immaculate Conception Parish

The proposed conference would be unusually powerful in appearance. Its planned membership consists of Germany’s 27 diocesan bishops, 27 representatives of the Central Committee of German Catholics and another 27 elected Catholics. All 81 members would have equal voting rights.

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Dozens of families who were displaced by ongoing violence within Port-au-Prince, the capital city, were hiding in the church’s prayer center. According to a statement from the secretary general, at least 22 people were executed within the church’s walls.

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The episcopal ordination of Fr Paul Liu Honggang, 56, took place today, the first in over 20 years for this diocese in Shanxi. The appointment was made under the China-Vatican agreement. After the expulsion of the missionaries, a local priest, Father Guo Yingong, kept the faith alive even during the Cultural Revolution.

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The confrontation reached a new level on Aug. 31, when Ángel Javier Pérez Pueyo, bishop of Barbastro-Monzón, publicly declared that he would place his position at the disposal of the Holy See if an eventual agreement required him to accept the definitive removal of the original image of Our Lady of Torreciudad from its historic hermitage

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The Holy Land’s Quiet Emergency, Caused By Israel : Christians Warn That Fear, Restrictions and Displacement Are Reshaping Their Future

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That is why the Mexican Church's intervention has increasingly focused not only on prayer, but also on presence

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The Vatican quietly removed the images in June, a decision that initially came without an official explanation. Micas's account now provides an explanation for that change and portrays Leo as having taken a deliberate position on an issue that had become increasingly difficult for the Church to treat simply as a question of artistic preference

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While numerous European dioceses are merging and closing seminaries, one diocese in Korea has reached the milestone of 1,000 priests, supported by a vast community praying for vocations.

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Cardinal Ouellet Wins Defamation Case

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The Priest Who Never Stops? Vatican Official Says Rest Is Part of the Mission

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