VATICAN CITY (CNS): India's most senior archbishop died in a car crash in Poland on June 20...
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Eucharistic Congress calls for missionary action
VATICAN CITY (CNS): Celebrating Mass in a packed St Peter's Square, Pope John Paul II closed the 47th International Eucharistic Congress on June 25 with a strong call for missionary action throughout the Christian world...
Read More »Irish tenor dies
DUBLIN (CNS): Irish tenor Frank Patterson, known internationally for his glorious voice and charitable works, was buried in his hometown of Clonmel on June 17...
Read More »Italian authorities extradite Agca to Turkish prison
ROME (CNS): Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who shot and seriously wounded Pope John Paul II in 1981, has been released from an Italian prison and extradited to Turkey, where he will serve a sentence for the 1979 killing of a journalist...
Read More »Eucharistic Congress expects huge attendance
ROME (CRTN): Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to participate in the 47th World Eucharistic Congress, one of the Jubilee Year's most important events, beginning on June 18 in Rome...
Read More »End religious violence plea
VATICAN CITY (CNS): The Indonesian Government must act to end violent clashes between members of different religions and to guarantee the equality of all its citizens, Pope John Paul II said...
Read More »Call to act on Mugabe
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS): A former director of the Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe has called on the Vatican to excommunicate President Robert Mugabe, saying he is a "murderous dictator"...
Read More »Pope urges reconcilation on path to redemption
VATICAN CITY (CNS): Relying on the power of the Holy Spirit, the Church is called to participate in God's redemption through the ministry of reconciliation, Pope John Paul II said...
Read More »Fiji coup condemned
SUVA, Fiji (CNS): An archbishop in Fiji has condemned the overthrow at gunpoint of the country's democratically elected government...
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