Ever wonder why there is a worldwide feast for the Lateran Basilica in Rome? Every year on Nov. 9, the church celebrates the dedication of the Archbasilica of St. John …
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(OSV News) — At least 10 people, including a Catholic nun, have been killed in a volcanic eruption on Indonesia’s predominantly Catholic Flores Island. Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in the …
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Suspects who threatened the pope arrested in Indonesia, local police say
by Cindy Woodenby Cindy WoodenJAKARTA, Indonesia (CNS) — Not long after Pope Francis left Indonesia, authorities there announced they had arrested seven people for making online “terror threats” against the pope. Aswin Siregar, spokesman …
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Pope urges Indonesian Catholics to live out Gospel love, spread hope
by Cindy Woodenby Cindy WoodenJAKARTA, Indonesia (CNS) — Even members of the most remote, smallest and poorest Christian communities are called to share the Gospel and to do so, first, by the way they …
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNS) — Pope Francis landed in Jakarta after a 13-hour flight from Rome and was greeted by the religious affairs minister of Indonesia and two children in traditional …
