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Pope Francis advances the beatification cause of Italian laywoman

Pope Francis advanced the beatification cause of Maria Aristea Ceccarelli, an Italian laywoman who was neglected by her parents, abused by her husband, and suffered prolonged health problems. ...

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Cardinal Sandri exhorts Syro-Malabar Community to implement Synodal formula of Holy Qurbana

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, in a letter addressed to His Beatitude Cardinal George Alencherry, has given a final directive regarding the implemen...

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Saint Brigid of Kildare, Patroness of Ireland: Saint of the Day, February 1

St. Brigid was born in AD 450 in Faughart, near Dundalk in Co. Louth. Her father, Dubhthach, was a pagan chieftain of Leinster and her mother, Broicsech, was a Christian. It was thought that Brigid...

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