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Month: November 2022

Bahraini activist, son urge pope to speak out during visit

Bahraini activist Ali Mashaima and his father Hassan, who has been behind bars since 2011, have urged Pope Francis to publicly condemn what they say are human rights violations and the torture of prisoners during his upcoming visit to Bahrain.

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Church hopes for reconciliation of Brazilians after Lula’s election

After the fiercest presidential campaign in Brazil’s history, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva managed to beat his rival Jair Bolsonaro on October 30 with a narrow margin of only 2 million votes.

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Crisis Magazine Turns 40

Crisis MagazineThis month Crisis turns 40. Founded by Ralph McInerny and Michael Novak, the journal was initially called Catholicism in Crisis (subtitled “A Journal of Lay Catholic Opinion”) and the first issue was published in November 1982, in the midst of the Cold War and before the rise of the internet. Much as today, the early … Read more

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Solemnity of All Saints

Reading I Rv 7:2-4, 9-14

I, John, saw another angel come up from the East,
holding the seal of the living God.
He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels
who were given power to damage the land and the sea,
“Do not damage the la…

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How the Saints Inspire Us

“There is only one tragedy in the end: Not to have been a saint.” (Charles Péguy) Sometimes when I think of All Saints Day I recall parties that my youth group and I enjoyed when I was a teenager. I remember dressing up as St. Thérèse, St. Teresa of Calcutta, and St. Kateri Tekakwitha. One […]

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CWN closed for All Saints (CWN)

The offices of Catholic World News are closed on Tuesday, November 1, so that our staff can celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints. Regular CWN coverage will resume Wednesday, November 2.

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