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Msgr. Ratzinger, retired pope’s brother, dies at 96

July 1, 2020 Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY—Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, a musician and retired Pope Benedict XVI’s elder brother, died July 1 at the age of 96. According to Vatican News, Msgr. Ratzinger died in Regensburg, Germany, where he had been […]

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Retired pope travels to Germany to visit his brother

June 19, 2020 Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY—Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who is 93 years old, traveled to Germany to visit his ailing older brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, who is 96. The Vatican press office confirmed that Pope Benedict went to […]

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Pope announces extraordinary ‘urbi et orbi’ blessing March 27

March 26, 2020 Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY—In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis said he will give an extraordinary blessing “urbi et orbi” — to the city and the world — at 6 p.m. Rome time (1 p.m. […]

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Lent in the time of coronavirus: More prayer and unexpected penance

March 19, 2020 Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON—This Lent is one for the record books. Parish fish fries, prayer services, Stations of the Cross, and daily and Sunday Masses are all canceled, and some dioceses have already announced they will not have […]

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How Italy went from ‘wash your hands’ to ‘stay at home’

March 15, 2020 Catholic News Service

ROME—Acknowledging how difficult it can be to adapt to restrictive measures aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, Pope Francis told people watching his morning Mass March 12 that it was for “our own […]

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Lack of faith can impact validity of marriage, commission finds

March 5, 2020 Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY—A lack of faith and a misunderstanding of marriage can mean no sacramental marriage occurred, even if both the husband and wife had been baptized, said a new document. The International Theological Commission, whose […]

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Smuggled out of Warsaw Ghetto, child spent five years with Catholic ‘mom’

January 21, 2020 Catholic News Service

TEL AVIV, Israel—Krystyna Linden does not remember much about the first five years of her life, which she spent in a tiny village outside of Warsaw as the daughter of Michalina Janiszewska. She was born […]

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Church workers join aid distribution after Jakarta floods leave 60 dead

January 7, 2020 Catholic News Service

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Caritas Indonesia (Karina) has joined the Jakarta Archdiocese in distributing aid to people hard hit by floods that have killed dozens of people in and around Indonesia’s capital. Ucanews.org reported the floods are considered […]

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Pope to health workers: Uphold ‘the truest human right, the right to life’

January 5, 2020 Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY—Health care professionals always must “promote the dignity and life of each person and reject any compromise in the direction of euthanasia, assisted suicide or suppression of life, even in the case of terminal […]

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Australian Catholics seek prayers as fires continue in four states

January 5, 2020 Catholic News Service

As some of the worst wildfires in Australian history rage across four states, thousands of people in affected areas in New South Wales and Victoria continue to be evacuated to safety. Soaring temperatures, often higher […]

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