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Cross Wires: Monday headlines

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Holy Father says the seven new saints (above) lives speak to the Universal Church. (Video). Homily in full here.

Pope’s Angelus: praying for areas affected by floods in Lourdes, France. (Video).

Vatican condemns ‘absurd violence’ of deadly Beirut attack.

Three Catholic priests kidnapped in eastern Congo.

A Catholic woman has escaped unhurt following the fourth attack on her Northern Ireland home in recent weeks.

-Cross Wires is The Scottish Catholic Observer blog.

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