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The Uganda martyrs were canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964, and their story continues to resonate across Africa.

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Rooted in the faith brought 420 years ago by Italian Jesuit missionary Father Matteo Ricci, Beijing’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception has inaugurated a special “Year of Grace.” ...

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“For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who ...

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We should seek to live simply, to take only what we need and share what we have, to see ourselves in kinship with all of creation.

These days are the three holiest days in the Catholic Church. This Mass stresses the importance Jesus puts on the humility of service, and the need for cleansing with water, a symbol of baptism.