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07 Dec 2011 – MINSK, Belarus (CNS) — Archbishop Tadeusz
Kondrusiewicz of Minsk urged his country to abolish
capital punishment, after two 25-year-olds were sentenced
to death for killing 15 people in a Metro bomb attack. Read more...
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06 Dec 2011 – VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Vatican official
deplored the growing violence in Syria, and called on
political leaders there to enact “real reforms.” Read more...
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05 Dec 2011 – America’s premier independent charity evaluator, Charity Navigator, has given CNEWA its highest rating, four stars, ranking the agency among the best charities in the country. Charity Navigator noted that CNEWA’s work both “exceeds industry standards and outperforms most charities in its cause.” Read more...
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01 Dec 2011 – VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI
said Catholics and Orthodox have a duty to show a united
front of mature faith in facing challenges intensified by
increased secularism. Read more...
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29 Nov 2011 – VATICAN CITY (AFP) — Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati during a visit to the Vatican on Monday invited Pope Benedict XVI to visit Lebanon next year, an aide from the prime minister’s office said. Read more...
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21 Nov 2011 – JERUSALEM (CNS) — Palestinians are hopeful
that UNESCO will recognize the city of Bethlehem as the
first Palestinian World Heritage Site, but Franciscans in
charge of the city’s holy places say they do not want them
included in the classification. Read more...
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21 Nov 2011 – WASHINGTON (CNS) — Father John William
Crossin, a member of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
who served most recently as executive director of the
Washington Theological Consortium, has been named
executive director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and
Interreligious Affairs of the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops. Read more...
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17 Nov 2011 – VATICAN CITY, 17 NOV 2011 (VIS) — Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, has visited Minsk, the capital of Belarus, at the invitation of Filaret, Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk and head of the Orthodox Church of Belarus, which is dependent upon the Patriarchate of Moscow. Read more...
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