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Pope warns of ‘new Herods of our time’

December 29, 2021

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CWN Editor's Note: On December 28, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, Pope Francis tweeted, “The new Herods of our time devour the innocence of our children under the oppression of illegal slave labor, prostitution, exploitation, wars and forced emigration. Let us #PrayTogether today for these children and defend them.”

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Wed18 March
Lent

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent; Opt. Mem. St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop

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The first reading from Isaiah represents one of the most striking passages of the Bible that affirms the love of God for his people. It was a message of consolation addressed to the Jewish captives in Babylon promising them the joys of Messianic times. We are also captives and exiles because of our sins and human…

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