2013-08-09T08:06:00+00:00

Last updated on: August 9, 2013 at 8:06 am   By

Ypsilanti, Mich., Aug 9, 2013 / 02:06 am (CNA).- Citing the need for public dialogue, Catholic radio host Al Kresta defended Islamic scholar Shadid Lewis’ invite to controversial critic Robert Spencer to a symposium and debate sponsored by Ave Ma... Read more

2013-08-08T23:08:00+00:00

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Washington D.C., Aug 8, 2013 / 05:08 pm (CNA).- The U.S. bishop who chairs the board of Catholic Relief Services said that local Church leaders in Madagascar have given their assurances that the international aid agency adheres to Catholic teaching. ... Read more

2013-08-08T22:32:00+00:00

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Havana, Cuba, Aug 8, 2013 / 04:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, has called for an investigation into the death of the founder of the Christian Liberation Movement, Oswaldo Paya, who died in Cuba last ye... Read more

2013-08-08T22:00:00+00:00

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Vatican City, Aug 8, 2013 / 04:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- When Cardinal Prospero Grech delivered a meditation to the cardinal-electors at the beginning of the 2013 conclave, he emphasized the value of the new evangelization in the face of Europe's los... Read more

2013-08-08T18:29:00+00:00

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St. Louis, Mo., Aug 8, 2013 / 12:29 pm (CNA).- After emergency responders spent an hour trying to remove a young woman from her wrecked car near Center, Mo., a priest appeared with anointing oil and prayed with her, and then inexplicably vanished. &l... Read more

2013-08-08T15:36:00+00:00

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Rome, Italy, Aug 8, 2013 / 09:36 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has issued a declaration that increases the power of the Financial Information Authority and continues the Vatican's efforts to update its statutes that prevent money laundering. ... Read more

2013-08-08T13:26:00+00:00

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Vatican City, Aug 8, 2013 / 07:26 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis is “deeply saddened” to hear about the 11 people killed and 60 injured by a natural gas explosion at an apartment building in Argentina’s third largest city. &ldqu... Read more

2013-08-08T10:11:00+00:00

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Minneapolis, Minn., Aug 8, 2013 / 04:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Devotees of the English writer and Catholic apologist G.K. Chesterton rejoiced at the news that a Catholic bishop in England is seeking to open an investigation into whether he should be decl... Read more

2013-08-08T08:06:00+00:00

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San Antonio, Texas, Aug 8, 2013 / 02:06 am (CNA).- Through the “miracle of grace,” the faithful are able to be vessels for God’s will, overcoming their earthly desires while being truly themselves, said Cardinal Francis George of Chic... Read more

2013-08-08T06:05:00+00:00

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Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Aug 8, 2013 / 12:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Consolata Missionaries have been in Mongolia for ten years, evangelizing a people searching for God and helping improve their lives in a land where more than 20 percent live on less tha... Read more

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