Tag: Bishop
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Austrian bishop calls antisemitic incident in Amsterdam a ‘deeply alarming sign’
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Nov 8, 2024 / 17:40 pm After a group of Israeli soccer fans were beaten and taunted for being Jewish by groups of young men after a game in Amsterdam, an Austrian bishop condemned the violence, saying it evokes, referring to Kristallnacht, “the darkest and most shameful days of our own history.” Following a…
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Church in Ukraine has lost half of its parishes in areas occupied by Russia, bishop says
By Eduardo Berdejo ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 29, 2024 / 17:20 pm More than two and a half years after the Russian invasion, the Church in Ukraine has lost more than half of the parishes in the occupied regions, said Maksym Ryabukha, the new Greek Catholic bishop of the Donetsk exarchate. Speaking to the Italian…
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Local bishop encourages the faithful following raging fire that destroyed church in Chile
By Julieta Villar ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 16, 2024 / 18:10 pm Following the tragic fire that destroyed St. Anthony of Padua Church and the Franciscan convent in Iquique, Chile, the local bishop, Isauro Covili Linfati, offered words of encouragement to the community. Meanwhile the cause of the fire is under investigation. In a video…
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Lebanese bishop makes impassioned plea for peace at synod briefing
By CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, Oct 5, 2024 / 10:35 am A Lebanese bishop made an impassioned plea for peace and forgiveness at the Synod on Synodality’s daily press briefing on Saturday, as the assembly’s first week drew to a close. Bishop Mounir Khairallah of Batroun shared his personal experience of violence and forgiveness, recounting…
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15 high-impact quotes by Bishop Munilla at the International Eucharistic Congress
By Diego López Marina Quito, Ecuador, Sep 14, 2024 / 08:00 am The presentation by Bishop José Ignacio Munilla at this year’s International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, was considered one of the most impactful so far, containing inspiring reflections that resonated in the hearts of the nearly 5,000 people gathered to hear the prelate.…