Pope Francis conveys ‘message of hope’ to Chinese Catholics, desire to visit China — By: Catholic News Agency

Chinese pilgrims attend the general audience in St. Peter’s Square, Oct. 12, 2016. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 9, 2024 / 15:07 pm (CNA). Pope Francis conveyed a “message of hope” to Chinese Catholics and expressed his desire to one day visit the Basilica of Holy Mary, the Help of Christians, in Shanghai, China,…

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua: 7 priests left the country and arrived ‘safely’ at the Vatican — By: Catholic News Agency

The Governatorato (Vatican City State Administration) building in the Vatican. / Credit: www.vaticanstate.va ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 9, 2024 / 15:37 pm (CNA). Rosario Murillo, wife of dictator Daniel Ortega and vice president of Nicaragua, announced that seven priests left the Central American country and have arrived “safely” at the Vatican. Without further explanation, Murillo…

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The Nagasaki mission house built by St. Maximilian Kolbe that survived the atomic bomb  — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Maximilian Kolbe (bearded, in front row, center) and his companions in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1936. / Credit: Public Domain/Courtesy of ‘Maximilian Kolbe: The Saint of Auschwitz’/Sophia Institute Press Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 9, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). When the American military dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945, the…

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