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Japanese government confers honor on cardinal

May 23, 2019

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CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Raffaele Farina, 85, was archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives and librarian of the Vatican Library from 2007 to 2012.

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Tue20 May
Easter

Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Bernardine of Siena, Priest

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The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Bernardine of Siena (1380-1444). Bernardine left the world at an early age in order to lead a hermit's life. When he was twenty-two, he entered the Franciscan Order, one of whose glories he is. Having been made General of the Order, he resigned this charge…

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