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• Polish priest, martyr and hero: Remembering Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko 19/10/2018
  Warsaw, Poland, Oct 19, 2018 / 04:42 pm (CNA).- When Communist officials kidnapped and killed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, they likely did not intend to help create a Polish hero, martyr and future saint for the Catholic Church. Although the Communists had been trying to kill Popiełuszko in ways that would seem like an accident, they […]
• This London Catholic school uses its garden to feed homeless 17/10/2018
  London, England, Oct 17, 2018 / 12:34 pm (CNA).- A Catholic school in London has turned its horticulture lessons into meals for the homeless. St Gregory’s Catholic Science College in northwest London educates nearly 1000 children, aged 11-18. Many of the students volunteer for social and environmental work. This year, horticulture students grew pumpkins from […]
• U.K. local government apologizes to pro-life charity 17/10/2018
  London, England, Oct 17, 2018 / 10:30 am (CNA).- A London borough has apologized to a U.K. pro-life charity after making inaccurate claims about the group. Life, a non-sectarian charity which provides assistance to women and children, was ejected from the Lambeth Country Show in July. In a tweet posted Oct. 12 on the official […]
• Forty years later, Polish bishops revisit election of Pope John Paul II 16/10/2018
  Warsaw, Poland, Oct 16, 2018 / 02:30 pm (CNA).- The Polish bishops’ conference is celebrating the anniversary of the election of St. John Paul II. October 16 marks 40 years since Cardinal Karol Wojtyla’s rise to the throne of St. Peter.   Archbishop Józef Michalik of Przemyśl, who was the rector of the Polish College […]
• In major break over Ukraine, Russian Orthodox Church splits from Constantinople 15/10/2018
  Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct 15, 2018 / 05:31 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow has cut ties with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, claiming his recognition of an independent Orthodox Church in Ukraine departed from Orthodox Christian norms.   Metropolitan Hilarion, who heads foreign relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, said […]