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Bulletins

Catholic legislators urged ‘to be leaven in the world’

(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who heads the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, shared a message on Friday with participants of the fifth annual conference of the International Catholic Legislators Network. The Aug. 28-31 conference, held outside of Rome in Frascati, gathered Catholic parliamentarians from around the world to discuss the promotion of Christian values and…
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Bulletin of August 31, 2014-22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Bulletin of August 31, 2014-22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mideast Church leaders denounce ISIS for ‘crimes against humanity’

(Vatican Radio) The Patriarchs and Church leaders of Eastern rite churches have again denounced what they call “crimes against humanity”  committed by Islamic State (formerly ISIS) militants in Iraq and Syria.  Meeting outside Beirut, Lebanon, the Patriarchs condemned the persecution and killings of Christians, Yazidis and other minorities, saying the continued existence of Christians in the region…
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Mideast’s Church leaders denounce ISIS for ‘crimes against humanity’

The Patriarchs and Church leaders of Eastern rite churches have again denounced what they call “crimes against humanity”  committed by Islamic State (formerly ISIS) militants in Iraq and Syria.  Meeting outside Beirut, Lebanon, the Patriarchs condemned the persecution and killings of Christians, Yazidis and other minorities, saying the continued existence of Christians in the region is being…
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Card Vegliò: action is needed to defend minorities in Iraq

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday met with Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò, the President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants, to discuss the plight of those fleeing the Islamist violence in Iraq. The so-called Islamic State controls large areas of both Syria and Iraq, and has been conducting a campaign of…
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