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Accept ‘fair contingent of refugees,’ Austrian bishops urge government

September 22, 2020

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CWN Editor's Note: Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has reiterated his opposition to accepting asylum seekers from Lésvos; recent fires on the Greek island left 12,000 refugees homeless, and the Pope has expressed his solidarity with them.

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Fri28 March
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Good Friday is three weeks away. The conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders of his time continues to intensify as the Third Week of Lent draws to an end. In today’s gospel reading, one of the Temple scribes gives Jesus an orthodoxy check, asking him to name the greatest of the Commandments. The answer…

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