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In a Friday address discussing the annulment process, Pope Benedict XVI emphasized that the desire to comply with the parties’ wishes can never override the necessities of justice, and that only a false charity would allow people to live “in conflict with the objective truth of their own personal condition,” reports James Tillman, LifeSiteNews.com.

The Pope was addressing the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota, the highest appellate tribunal of the Catholic Church, which handles petitions s… >>

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Vatican City, Feb 1, 2010 / 12:05 pm (CNA).- Pope Benedict once again commented on the theme of Anglican-Catholic relations, this time as he met with Welsh and English bishops at the Vatican on Monday. During their meeting Pope Benedict confirmed the importance of his recent Apostolic Constitution “Anglicanorum Coetibus.”

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Pastor Emmanuel Onwukwe of Apostolic Christian Church Mission Lagos was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate court for allegedly defrauding his member of N2.5 million.

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A new church, the Catholic Apostolic National Church, which is said to be a breakaway sect of the Roman Catholic Church, recently registered with the Government as an independent church. The church has attracted sharp criticism from the leaders of the mainstream church, who question its doctrinal authenticity. Mathias Mazinga spoke to Rev. Fr. William Obonyo, a priest of the ‘breakaway’ church.

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Port au Prince, Haiti, Jan 14, 2010 / 01:30 pm (CNA).-
In an exclusive email to CNA, the Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, has revealed the details surrounding the death of the Archbishop of Haiti, the condition of the buildings at the nunciature, the archdiocese and the major seminary, as well as an updated body count of priests, religious, and seminarians in Port-au-Prince, which was hit by a massive earthquake on Tuesday.

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Vatican City, Jan 7, 2010 / 11:56 am (CNA).- The Holy Father met with members of the Carabinieri, the Italian national police force, on Thursday morning in the Clementine Room of the Apostolic Palace, where he thanked the corps for its service. 

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CARDINAL Emmanuel Wamala has slammed the newly registered Catholic Apostolic National Church, describing it as a group of ‘false prophets’.

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THE elect bishop of the Catholic Apostolic National Church of Uganda, a break-away sect, said he has received overwhelming support from priests and Christians worldwide.

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Nyazura, Zimbabwe – A church sect in Zimbabwe has apparently been hiding its sick members as measles spreads in the east of the country.

At least 30 people have died so far but there are fears the figure could be much higher.

Reports from remote Nyazura claim members of the Johanne Marange Apostolic Sect are locking up members who have contracted measles.

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Rome, Italy, Dec 17, 2009 / 01:09 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Francis Chullikat, the Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan, has demanded the immediate intervention by Iraqi leaders to “guarantee the necessary safety of the Christian minority,” in the wake of the attacks on two churches in the city of Mosul.

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New York City, N.Y., Dec 1, 2009 / 01:37 pm (CNA).- An order of Benedictine nuns living a life of prayer and care for the elderly on Long Island, New York says it welcomes the apostolic visitation investigating women’s religious institutes.

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(AP) – VATICAN CITY – The Vatican says that Pope Benedict XVI has discussed how to fight poverty and save the environment in a meeting with Peru’s president. The Vatican statement said that President Alan Garcia Perez was received by the pontiff at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City for “a fruitful exchange of views” on…

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, after years of neglect by the authorities to repair the historic structure, reported the Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday. The St. Gevorg of Mughni Church, built in 1356, had been entirely rebuilt in 1756. It is made of

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The Vatican has denied reports that a delay in the appearance of Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Constitution setting up personal ordinariates for former Anglicans is due to a conflict over the handling of priestly celibacy, reports CISA.

According to CWN, Cardinal William Levada, the prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, said that the delayed appearance of the papal document was due to “technical” reasons, including the handling of footnotes and canonical references…. >>

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Vatican City, Nov 3, 2009 / 12:12 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Franc Rode issued a statement on Tuesday in response to questions about the motivation for the ongoing apostolic visitation of the women’s religious communities in the United States. He said that his dicastery had been considering a visitation for years and that a report on the objective findings will be made public.

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New York City, N.Y., Oct 28, 2009 / 06:27 am (CNA).- Christians suffer the greatest number of violations of religious freedom, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the apostolic nuncio who leads the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations, told the U.N. General Assembly last Wednesday. He called for the revision or repeal of anti-blasphemy laws, saying their abuse aids such discrimination.

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By Kathleen GilbertWASHINGTON, D.C., September 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an address to InsideCatholic.com's 14th Annual Partnership Dinner Friday evening, Archbishop Raymond Burke, Prefect of the Vatican's Apostolic Signatura, said that funeral rites should not be given to…

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Pressure on religious leaders in Cuba has increased significantly over the past year according to a new report by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). Comprehensive evidence within the document details a sharp rise in religious liberty violations there.

Independent church leaders from the fast growing Apostolic Movement have been particularly targeted for harassment, detentions and court summons by the Government.

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THOUSANDS of worshippers from the Apostolic Faith Mission Church in Zimbabwe recently converged in Chatsworth, Masvingo, for the church’s annual general conference.

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Roman Catholic Bishop Antonio Menegazzo, the apostolic administrator of El-Obeid diocese in Sudan, has expressed shock at a United Nations’ military commander’s pronouncement that Darfur’s war is over, despite the lack of a peace agreement and the ongoing threat of Janjaweed militia.

“The warring parties are still trying to come to an agreement of cease fire,” said Menegazzo, whose diocese includes Darfur, the troubled western Sudan region which is the size of France. “[We] cannot say that th… >>

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