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Pope Francis wants to visit North Korea to create ‘momentum for peace’
South Korean President Moon Jae-in told Pope Francis Friday that a papal visit to North Korea would help create “momentum for peace” on the peninsula, officials said.
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‘My gut tells me you can’t negotiate with these people’: Cardinal Dolan has concerns about Vatican-China dialogue
Dialogue is always preferable to confrontation, Cardinal Dolan said. ”[But] my gut also tells me that you can’t negotiate with these people. It could be extraordinarily counterproductive.”
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Pope Francis on Myanmar: Houses of worship should serve as neutral refuge
The pope told the public gathered in St. Peter’s Square that he was joining his voice to that of the Asian nation’s bishops in also calling for humanitarian corridors.
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The church is ‘under attack’ in Myanmar
“No one is safe from their attacks. Anyone they are suspicious of, anyone they think are against them, they will arrest, they will torture and some of them are even shot to death.”
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Pope Francis appoints Korean bishop to head the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy
The appointment of Bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik as the new prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy is another major surprise in the Francis papacy.
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Meet the Catholic sister who is willing to risk her life (again) to stop the violence in Myanmar
Sister Nu Tawng describes a nation living in fear of its own government, where arrest may come at any time or for any reason.
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Army attack on Myanmar Catholic church leaves four dead
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo said “the midnight attack made the hapless people flee to the jungle. Their fate is still not known to the outside world.”
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‘Prudence is a virtue’: Hong Kong’s new Jesuit bishop on managing the church’s complicated relationship with China
Bishop-designate Stephen Chow Sau-yan told Hong Kong media people must start with a sense of faith and not assume Beijing is the enemy, and he hoped for dialogue to develop a better understanding.
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Exclusive interview with Myanmar’s Cardinal Bo: ‘Our people need democracy, but they also need daily food’
Cardinal Bo expressed his immense joy, and that of the 750,000 Catholics in this majority-Buddhist country of 52 million people, that Pope Francis has decided to celebrate Mass for peace in Myanmar on Sunday, May 16, in St. Peter’s Basilica.