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Central African Republic: "World opinion only interested in dead elephants"
24 May, 2013

BOZOUM (Central Africa) - Father Aurelio Gazzera, a missionary in the Central African city of Bozoum and Caritas director for the diocese of Bouar, bemoans the lack of interest shown by world public opinion, in the dramatic situation in the Central African Republic.  

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Pope Francis to visit birthplace of his namesake on saint's feast day
24 May, 2013

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will visit the birthplace of his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, on the saint's feast day, Oct. 4.  

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Deceptive calm in Mali: "The Islamists are waiting for the French to withdraw"
22 May, 2013

MALI (Africa) - At present there are no longer any Christians living in the north and east of Mali. Around 500 Catholics have left the region. Although French troops control important towns such as Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu, pastoral workers and religious orders cannot return to their mission stations.  

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Vatican Information Service
22 May, 2013

- Pope prays for victims of Oklahoma Tornado OPE PRAYS FOR VICTIMS OF OKLAHOMA TORNADO
- Fr. Lombardi on alleged exorcism performed by Pope
- Michaelangelo's pieta 40 years after restoration
- Other pontifical acts  

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Tornadoes exact deadly toll; region needs 'a lot of prayers right now'
22 May, 2013

OKLAHOMA CITY (CNS) -- Even after the initial death toll was cut by more than half, the human and material devastation of a string of tornadoes that buffeted areas of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City May 19-20 was incalculable.  

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NATIONAL NEWS
Great Grace Conference: Paul VI 'guided Vatican II'

Pope Paul VI guided the Second Vatican Council to produce “a number of truly excellent documents and realignments of Church life in conformity with the Scriptures and the soundest tradition”, the Archbishop of Sydney, George Cardinal Pell, said at the start of the Great Grace Conference on Monday.

Cardinal Pell opened the four-day reflection on the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council with a lecture entitled Yesterday’s Council for Tomorrow’s World.

An erudite history of Vatican II and its many consequences for the Church since 1963, Cardinal Pell’s talk at St Mary’s Cathedral was informed by his personal reflections as a young seminarian in Rome when the council called by Pope John XXIII was hailed as a “new Pentecost”.

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Deacon is ‘a servant to all’

The foundation of the role of a deacon is to be a “servant of all”, the Archbishop of Sydney, George Cardinal Pell, said at the diaconate ordination of Josue David Quej Moran last week.  

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