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Polish links to Otago church celebrated
By JEFF DILLON The first Sunday of Advent saw a significant congregation gather at Mary, Queen of Peace church in…
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Vatican rejects proposed governing council of bishops and laity in Germany
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Long homilies are ‘a disaster’, keep it under 10 minutes, Pope says
By JUSTIN McLELLAN, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Lengthy, abstract homilies are “a disaster”, so preaching should be…
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McCarrick’s lawyers seek to prove disgraced former cardinal not competent to stand trial
By DAMIEN FISHER, OSV News (OSV News) – As Theodore McCarrick faces criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy,…
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