2012-08-07T18:03:00+00:00

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Madrid, Spain, Aug 7, 2012 / 12:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In response to societal discrimination against those with disabilities, a blind Spanish advocate says people with handicaps have the right to live and encounter the love of God and others. Disa... Read more

2012-08-07T17:45:00+00:00

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Washington D.C., Aug 7, 2012 / 11:45 am (CNA).- Two Christian pastors in Iran have been put in prison and are “facing grave danger” due to their faith, said the leader of a Washington, D.C.-based law center that advocates global religious f... Read more

2012-08-07T10:08:00+00:00

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Anaheim, Calif., Aug 7, 2012 / 04:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore believes that Pope Benedict's praise for the Knights of Columbus' efforts to defend religious freedom shows that the issue is broader th... Read more

2012-08-07T08:27:00+00:00

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Paris, France, Aug 7, 2012 / 02:27 am (CNA).- Leaders of the Catholic Church in France have asked all Catholic dioceses to unite in prayer for the country's future and common good on the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Monsignor Berna... Read more

2012-08-07T06:08:00+00:00

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Manila, Philippines, Aug 7, 2012 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A “reproductive health” bill that would mandate sex education in schools and subsidize contraceptives will be “tragic and catastrophic” for Filipinos if it is passed ... Read more

2012-08-06T23:31:00+00:00

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Milwaukee, Wis., Aug 6, 2012 / 05:31 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki expressed sorrow and promised his prayers after a gunman fatally shot six people at a local Sikh temple before being killed by police. “Our prayer... Read more

2012-08-06T22:31:00+00:00

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Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Aug 6, 2012 / 04:31 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Groups of choirs, dancers, artists, poets and horn blowers from Pope Benedict XVI’s native Bavaria visited the pontiff at Castel Gandolfo on Friday as a belated birthday present. ... Read more

2012-08-06T22:06:00+00:00

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Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug 6, 2012 / 04:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI is calling on Argentineans to be generous during a special collection to be held in the country on Sept. 9.   Locals should “bring a word of encouragement... Read more

2012-08-06T21:08:00+00:00

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Vatican City, Aug 6, 2012 / 03:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The new head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith says he wants the department to play a positive role in the New Evangelization, rather than simply responding to doctr... Read more

2012-08-06T19:11:00+00:00

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Vatican City, Aug 6, 2012 / 01:11 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Vatican Observatory director Fr. José Gabriel Funes thinks that “everybody” should be happy with the successful landing of the Mars science rover Curiosity. Fr. Funes said he l... Read more

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