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A Catholic mission amid Burma's war
Extracting Father Paul Than
April 7, 2025
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Antonio Graceffo
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China’s new religion laws a ‘pretext’ for arrests, clerics say
April 4, 2025
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Ed. Condon
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Theodore McCarrick dead at 94
April 4, 2025
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April 5, 2025
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Ep. 206: The latest on Fr. Marko Rupnik
April 4, 2025
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JD Flynn
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Ed. Condon
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Italian synodal assembly ends in stand-off over final document
April 4, 2025
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Edgar Beltrán
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Why did India’s bishops back a bill opposed by Muslim leaders?
April 4, 2025
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Luke Coppen
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A Catholic mission amid Burma's war
April 7, 2025
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Antonio Graceffo
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China’s new religion laws a ‘pretext’ for arrests, clerics say
April 4, 2025
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Ed. Condon
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Theodore McCarrick dead at 94
April 4, 2025
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Italian synodal assembly ends in stand-off over final document
April 4, 2025
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Edgar Beltrán
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How do the Filipino cardinals see the Church’s future?
April 3, 2025
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Jason Abellaneda Baguia
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Archbishop Casey and Casa Jesus
April 3, 2025
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JD Flynn
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Is the tide turning on the Rupnik case?
April 1, 2025
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Ed. Condon
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Will a Chicago lawsuit bring winds of change?
March 29, 2025
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JD Flynn
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'Confirmar a sus hermanos en la fe' - El legado de San Juan Pablo II
April 4, 2025
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Edgar Beltrán
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‘Confirming his brothers in the faith’ - the legacy of Saint John Paul II
April 3, 2025
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Edgar Beltrán
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‘We Exist’— The Catholics of Jerusalem
March 19, 2025
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Jack Figge
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‘I prefer to die than let evil in’: Akash Bashir, Pakistan’s Servant of God
March 17, 2025
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Edgar Beltrán
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Why did India’s bishops back a bill opposed by Muslim leaders?
April 4, 2025
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Luke Coppen
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Does the Vatican have group chats?
March 26, 2025
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Indulge us, on indulgences
March 21, 2025
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Papua New Guinea officially declares itself 'Christian', so why are Catholics skeptical?
March 19, 2025
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Luke Coppen
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Here comes the son, Vance in Rome, and less human
April 4, 2025
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Ed. Condon
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April Fool's Fish, and Blessed Carlo
April 1, 2025
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JD Flynn
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Mothering, a mess, and a life’s ambition
March 28, 2025
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Ed. Condon
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The ‘humble, hidden event,’ and wishin’ for a commission
March 25, 2025
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JD Flynn
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