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Month: August 2022

An African Pope – Cardinals Sarah and Turkson could beat Tagle

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As rumours abound about the possible resignation of Pope Francis, the Pope’s appointment of 16 new voting cardinals will further stack the odds in favour of a future pontiff made in his image. Little wonder speculation is rife about the “Asian Francis” – Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle – who bookmakers now have at 6/1. But

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Is Cardinal Zen a bargaining chip for Beijing in Vatican deal?

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Cardinal Joseph Zen – a long-standing critic of the Vatican’s accommodation with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) – has now has his trial date set for September 19, following his earlier arrest under China’s national security law. He and four others face charges of failing to properly register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters

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Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time

Posted by | Aug 18, 2022 | |

Reading 1 EZ 36:23-28

Thus says the LORD:I will prove the holiness of my great name, profaned among the nations, in whose midst you have profaned it.Thus the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD,when in their si…

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