Urns will be accepted for burial in communal plot for free
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Nuns pray in the Verano cemetery in Rome on All Souls Day in 2009. CNS photo / Paul Haring. |
Catholic Cemeteries staff are asking the faithful to pray with them this November. For
full story see
The B.C. Catholic website.
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Marriage doesn't take away your freedom: quite the opposite, Pope says
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Banners of newly canonized saints hang from the facade of St. Peter's
Basilica as Pope Francis leaves after giving a general audience in St.
Peter's Square Oct. 21. From left the banners show St. Vincenzo Grossi,
founder of the Institute of the Daughters of the Oratory; Sts. Louis and
Marie Zelie Guerin Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux; and
St. Maria of the Immaculate Conception, a member of the Congregation of
the Sisters of the Company of the Cross. CNS photo / Paul Haring. |
Pope Francis Wednesday said that contrary to modern notions, fidelity in marriage does not rob us of personal freedom but instead is a fundamental attribute of all human relationships based on love. For
full story see
The B.C. Catholic website.
Conference honours newly canonized saints Zelie and Louis Martin
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Rita and Gerard McCarthy of the Marriages for Mary apostolate were
keynote speakers at the Sanctifying Families conference in Ottawa Oct.
16-17. It focused on the example of the new saints Zelie and Louis
Martin. Deborah Gyapong / CCN. |
On the eve of Zelie and Louis Martin's canonization Oct. 18, Ottawa parents, some already devoted to the new saints, took part in a conference on sanctifying families Oct. 16-17. For
full story see
The B.C. Catholic website.
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