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Incorrupt Heart Stolen in Argentina

February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A spokesman of the Franciscan Province of the Assumption in Argentina reported that — for the second time — the incorrupt heart of Servant of God Bishop Mamerto Esquiú has been stolen from the church where it’s kept.
“The whole of the Catamarcan society is disturbed by this sacrilegious robbery that has brought so much damage [...]

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Church’s “Greatest Beggar” Remembered

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Aid to the Church in Need Founder Recognized at University
The founder of Aid to the Church in Need is being memorialized five years after his death with a lecture hall named after him at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.
Father Werenfried van Straaten (1913-2003) founded the charity organization under the authority of the Holy [...]

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Congress for Twentieth Anniversary “Mulieris Dignitatem”

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  For the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of John Paul II’s Apostolic Letter on the dignity and vocation of women “Mulieris dignitatem”, the Pontifical Council for the Laity has organised an international congress, to be held in Rome from 7 to 9 February, on the theme: “Woman and man, the ‘humanum’ in its entirety”.
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Bishop: Mexican Farmers Ill-Prepared for NAFTA

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Calls for Campaign in Favor of Education to Combat Inequality
By Jaime Septién
Mexican farmers took to the streets in the nation’s capital today, protesting the implementation of the last step of the North American Free-Trade Agreement. A Mexican bishop said too little has been done to prepare farmers for the treaty.
Bishop José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda [...]

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Colombian Bishops Seek Promotion of Women

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Note Abortion-Pressure and Poverty as Obstacles
The Colombian bishops’ conference wants to promote the dignity of the woman, and two obstacles they see are the “feminization of poverty” and the promotion of abortion.
In his inaugural address at their 84th general assembly, under way in Bogota, Archbishop Luis Castro Quiroga of Tunja, president of the episcopal conference, [...]

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