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Nun martyred in Somalia in 2006 is beatified in Italy

May 28, 2018

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CWN Editor's Note: Blessed Leonella Sgorbati, a Consolata missionary sister, was gunned down five days after Pope Benedict XVI’s Regensburg address, in which he quoted a Byzantine emperor who had criticized Mohammed. The beatification (video) took place in the cathedral in Piacenza.

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The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day)

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Today is the Commemoration of the All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day). The Church, after celebrating the feast of All Saints, today prays for all who, in the purifying suffering of Purgatory, await the day they will join in heavenly glory. The celebration of the Mass, which re-presents the Sacrifice…

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