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Russian City Getting Its 1st Catholic Church

March 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In PETROPAVLOVSK, Russia construction is under way in the city of Petropavlovsk, in far-eastern Russia, for its first Catholic church.
With the blessing of Bishop Cyryl Klimovicz, of the Diocese of Irkutsk, the new church, like the parish, “is devoted to St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus,” said Father Krzystof Kowal during a recent interview with […]

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Pope: Church and Society Need the Handicapped

March 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Greets Groups Dedicated to Helping the Sick
VATICAN CITY, MARCH 19, 2007 - Faith and Christian friendship enable people to live with sickness and human fragility, Benedict XVI told two groups dedicated to caring for the ill and handicapped.
The Pope said this on Saturday to the participants in the pilgrimages promoted by the Federation for Transport […]