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Saint Augustine Cathedral
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 25, 2015
Parish Mission Statement
Inside This Issue:
The Catholic Community of St. Augustine Cathedral,
nourished by the Eucharist and guided by the Holy Spirit
are sent forth to proclaim the Good News of God’s love for
all people.
As a Parish Community we will put this into action by
continuously developing a Pastoral Program that reaches
out to meet the needs of our Parishioners and community.
Weekly Parish Information
2-3
Liturgical4-5
Prayer List
5
Parish News
6
Diocese News
7-8
World News
8-9
Feature Article: “Do Aliens Exist? Pope Francis
Tackles This (And Other Things) In New Interview”
192 S. Stone Ave. • Tucson, Arizona 85701 • Tel (520) 623-6351 • Fax (520) 623-0088 • cathedral-staugustine.org
Parish Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 9 - 5 / Friday 9 - 4
ST. AUGUSTINE CATHEDRAL
CLERGY & STAFF DIRECTORY
Rector: Rev. Gonzalo Villegasx115
Parochial Vicar:
Rev. Showri Raju Narra
x117
Capuchin Priests: Rev. Robert Kose • Rev. John Francis Samsa
Deacons:
Keating Ackerley • Salvador Carmona,
Charles Gallegos • Jesse Soto
Office Manager: Margie Marrufo
x102
Secretary: Norma Madril
x101
Receptionist: Cecilia Metzx118
Compliance Officer: Terry Gill
x116
Diocesan & Cathedral Director of Music:
Carlos Zapienx114
Maintenance: Gloria Ramos • Cecilia Metz
Nick Gomez
Rectory Staff Cook:
Rectory Housekeeper: Norma Pinedo
Bulletin & Website Editor: Patty Alcala
REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday
5:30 pm
English Vigil Mass - Organist
(Fulfills Sunday obligation)
Sunday
6:30 am
8:00 am
10:00 am
12:00 pm
5:30 pm
English Mass - No Music
Spanish Mass - Mariachi
English Mass - Choir
English Mass - Choir
Spanish Mass - Coro
Weekday English Masses
7:00 am & 12:00 pm Monday - Friday
Holy Days (except Christmas & New Years)
7:00 am
12:00 pm
5:30 pm
English Mass
English Mass
Spanish Mass
ORGANIZATIONS &
COMMITTEES
Altar Server Society: Sylvia Kamei &
Sandra Smith
Docent/Hospitality: Leilani Gomez
Eucharistic Ministers: Liz Aguallo
Events Fundraising: Leilani Gomez
Finance Council: Joe Ladenburg
Guadalupanos: Juan Carlos Martinez
Keep Cathedral Grounds Beautiful: John Jacome
Knights of Columbus: John Badilla
Pastoral Council: Liz Aguallo
RCIA:Deacon Charles
Gallegos &
Gene Benton
St. Vincent de Paul: Justin Castillo
Usher Society:
Luis E. Kamei
Youth Group:
Matt Yanez & Ariana Varelas
COLLECTIONS
October 11, 2015
Sunday Collection Received:
$8,391.56
2nd Collect: $1,766.82
Thank you for your continued and
generous support of our parish.
God bless you!
SAINTS AND SPECIAL
OBSERVANCES
Sunday:
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time;
Priesthood Sunday;
World Youth Day
Wednesday: Ss. Simon and Jude
Saturday:
Halloween; Blessed Virgin Mary
Sacrament of Penance
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Saturday
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PARISH INFORMATION
THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH
Sunday/Domingo10/25/15
6:30 am
8:00 am
10:00 am
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
3:00 pm
5:30 pm
6:30 pm
English Mass †Eugene Doe
Spanish Mass †Francisco Jose Bolanos &
†Orlando Bolanos
English Mass †Velia Jimenez
English Mass †Graciela Varela Happy Birthday
SPANISH BAPTISMS
CCS - DONOR APPRECIATION
Spanish Mass †Barbara Walker
YOUTH GROUP IN HALL
Monday/Lunes 7:00 am
12:00 pm
Daily English Mass
Daily English Mass
Tuesday/Martes
7:00 am
12:00 pm
12:00 pm
10/26/15
People of the Parish
†Francisco Espinosa
10/27/15
Daily English Mass †Stephen J. Kane
Daily English Mass
†Gilbert C. Ruelas
CHOIR REHEARSAL IN CHURCH
Wednesday/Miercoles10/28/15
7:00 am
12:00 pm
6:00 pm
Daily English Mass
†Erlinda Gutierrez
Daily English Mass Amelia Benton 104th Birthday
ALTAR SERVER TRAINING
Thursday/Jueves
7:00 am
12:00 pm
6:00 pm
10/29/15
Daily English Mass
Clotilde Soto
Daily English Mass †Steven Manriquez Birthday
ADULT BIBLE STUDY IN SO. MTG ROOM OF HALL
Friday/Viernes
7:00 am
12:00 pm
10/30/15
Daily English Mass
Daily English Mass
Saturday/Sabado
10/31/15
†Juan & †Lolita Garcia
†Jerry Straccia
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NO RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES TODAY
5:30 pm
ALL SAINTS DAY MASS
†Josefina Castro, Cathy Yaquinto
FOR RELIGIOUS ED STUDENTS
& Rafael Landa
PARISH INFORMATION
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THIRTIETH SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME
OCTOBER 25, 2015
The Lord has done great things for us;
we are glad indeed.
— Psalm 126:3
que la verdadera ceguera no es una condición de los
ojos sino del corazón. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
TODAY’S READINGS
First Reading — I will lead the people to brooks of
water, on a level road, so that none shall stumble
(Jeremiah 31:7-9).
Psalm — The Lord has done great things for us; we
are filled with joy (Psalm 126).
Second Reading — It was not Christ who glorified
himself, but rather the one who said to him: You
are my son: this day I have begotten you (Hebrews
5:1-6).
Gospel — Immediately the blind man received his
sight and followed Jesus on the way (Mark 10:4652).
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from the Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997,
International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
VERDADERA CEGUERA
Bartimeo causó tremenda conmoción. Por lo regular
él estaba sentado al borde del camino siendo un
“buen mendigo ciego”. Pero un buen día pasó Jesús
cerca de ahí. Bartimeo se puso de pie en un salto
y le gritó a Jesús. Nos podemos imaginar como se
daba vuelta en dirección al ruido y la conmoción.
Probablemente tenía los brazos extendidos al
gritarle al hijo de David.
Los que lo conocían se sentían azorados de sus
gritos. Trataron de hacerle callar y que se volviera
a sentar al borde del camino. Sus acciones decían
mucho: “Bartimeo, tú no eres digno de Jesús”. Pero
sí estaba bien que ellos y otras personas “con vista”
siguieran a Jesús. En las lecturas de hoy, aprendemos
FORGIVENESS
Forgiveness is the fragrance a violet
sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
—Mark Twain
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Monday:
Rom 8:12-17; Ps 68:2, 4, 6-7ab, 20-21;
Lk 13:10-17
Tuesday:
Rom 8:18-25; Ps 126:1b-6; Lk 13:18-21
Wednesday: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 19:2-5; Lk 6:12-16
Thursday:
Rom 8:31b-39; Ps 109:21-22, 26-27,
30-31; Lk 13:31-35
Friday:
Rom 9:1-5; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20;
Lk 14:1-6
Saturday:
Rom 11:1-2a, 11-12, 25-29; Ps 94:12
13a, 14-15, 17-18; Lk 14:1, 7-11
Sunday:
Rv 7:2-4, 9-14; Ps 24:1-6; 1 Jn 3:1-3;
Mt 5:1-12a
TREASURES FROM OUR
TRADITION
In the tangled but fascinating history of penance
in the Church, the Irish “tariff” system helped us
survive the collapse of the old system of public
canonical penance and prepared the way for a
new system that emerged in the twelfth century.
The old form was unrepeatable, public, dealt with
serious community matters, and regulated by
the bishops as chief reconcilers. The new form
had a more intimate setting of penitent and
LITURGICAL
confessor, was extremely repeatable, and applied
to everyone. The old canonical form was closed
to children, who were hardly capable of the very
grownup sins listed, or their demanding remedies.
The old form was likewise closed to clerics, who
were protected in a sense by the very nature of the
discipline.
In the new Irish form the penitent directly named
sins, or answered direct questions by the priest.
Sometimes, the penitent would recite a long
formula accusing him- or herself in a general way
of all sorts of sins, even from the distant past. Next,
priest and penitent together would lie prostrate
before the altar and recite several of the psalms
with penitential themes. Finally, the priest would
pronounce a judgment, deciding what form
and duration the penance should take, normally
insisting that the person return for reconciliation
once the penances were completed.
—Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
REFLEXIONEMOS SOBRE LA
PALABRA DE DIOS
Todos lo hemos hecho: Pasarle de largo a las
personas que viven en la calle, sentadas en la acera
y mendigando, sin parecer que las vemos ni las
oímos o percibimos su olor. Normalmente yo me
las encuentro cuando ando bien vestida para ir al
teatro o de vacaciones en otra ciudad. Me siento
un poco fuera de mi elemento. Puede que caiga en
cuenta de sus pies descalzos, de sus lentes oscuros
o tal vez escuchar su ruego. “¿Puede ayudarme con
algo?” Inmediatamente me apertrecho y pretendo
no notar su existencia y mucho menos su necesidad.
Lo más probable es que no sean ciegos en realidad y
que vayan a gastar el dinero en bebidas alcohólicas.
La estrella del Evangelio de hoy es un mendigo.
Aparte de ser ciego, Bartimeo probablemente
también viva en la calle y esté sucio, un verdadero
fastidio para los ciudadanos respetables. Así y
todo, es Bartimeo el que reconoce a Jesús como
el Mesías, el que pone toda su fe en él, tira todo
lo que tiene (su manto), pide misericordia, recibe
una visión nueva y sigue a Jesús que se encamina
al sufrimiento y a su muerte en Jerusalén. ¿Cuán
desesperados tendremos que estar antes de poder
hacer lo mismo?
—Virginia Stillwell Copyright © 2014, World Library Publications. All rights reserved
LITURGICAL
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR
PARISHIONERS
Please call the office to remove your
loved one’s name when well. Thank you!
Cristen Aguirre
Francisca Aguirre
Margaret Aguirre
Esther Alba
Carlos Alegria
Ruben G. Amado
Rene Anaya
Angela
Altagracia Araiza Valdez
Lee Leon Baker
Ernesto Barnet
Benjamin F.A. Bicknese
Steve Brooks
Alma Caballero
Carmen Cardenas
Irma Carmona
Msgr. Arsenio Carrillo
Omar Casas Varela 11yrs
Javier Chavez
Eric Cline
Pete Confrey
Lourdes Cortez Hernandez
Walter Cruz
Theresa Cuestas
Edwin Demons
Lillian Doe
Vicki Duarte
Panchita Duran
Robert Elias
Diego & Nubia Federico
Jerry Federico
Evelyn Feyth Sausedo
Jose Fimbres
Jose Lluly Fimbres
Ursula Fimbres
Carmen FraIde
Maria Galvan
David Garcia
Christine Gill
Roberto Grijalva
Daniel Harkey
Andy Heredias
Romelio Heredia
Ofelia Hernandez
Sonia Hernandez
Agustina Iñiguez
Jesus Jaquez
Jesus Jaquez, Jr.
Elliot Janacek
Robin Kirk
Denise Lara
Angelica Lopez
Dora Lopez
Curtis Lucas
Socorro Macedo
Javier Marrufo
Bertha Dolores Martinez
Jana Montione
Sara Miller Sidi
Denise Moreno
Julieta Moreno
Fernando Muñoz
Nuria’s Dad
Nancy O’Connor
Neal O’Connor
Carmen Pinedo
Mother Preciado
Edelina Quiroz
Maria Eugenia Ramirez
Victor Manuel Rendon
Fred Riesgo
Barbara Romero
Bertha Romero
Ed Romero
Leonel Romero
Jaime Roybal
Evelyn Sandoval
Maritza Silva
Millie Smith
Daniel Smyers
Cristen Soto Aguirre
Gracie Soto
Deacon Jesse Soto
Howard Spence
Christine Stern
Mary Stern
Joe Szleszinski
Amie Tetlowski
Barbara Valenzuela
Monica Verdugo
Teresa Verdugo
Rona Anne Ward
Lydia Yanez
Lessie Yang’s Mom
Gabriella Kenosha Zemont
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WONDERFUL MUSIC IN A
BEAUTIFUL, SACRED SPACE
Wonderful Music in a Beautiful, Sacred Space is
the theme of the 2015-2016 Cathedral Concert Series
set for St. Augustine Cathedral under the direction of
Carlos Zapien, St. Augustine Cathedral and Diocese
of Tucson Director of Music. All of the events are
scheduled for Tuesday evenings at 6:30 PM. The cost
is Student Donation of $10.00 and General donation
of $25.00. For tickets and other information contact
St. Augustine Cathedral 520-623-6353 or
www.tucsoncathedralconcerts.org
The series continues with Duo Amabile, November
10, 2015 featuring Steven Moeckel, violin and Paul
Fan, Piano.
On Wings of Song, December 15, 2015 featuring
Carlos Zapién, Tenor and Alexandr Pashkov,
piano; Piano Recital, January 19, 2016 featuring
Claire Huangci, piano. The final event of the season is the Misa Criolla,
February 16, 2016 with the Cathedral and Community
Chorus with Jessica Pierpont, Conductor.
St. Augustine Cathedral
192 S. Stone Ave. Tucson, AZ 85701
520-623-6351
General Donation: $25
Student Donation: $10
www.tucsoncathedralconcerts.org
are willing and able to give us a hand in this labor
of love, contact one of the coordinators or just
show up.
John Jacome 404-9974 or Jose Miranda 891-5145. COMITÉ DE
EMBELLESIMIENTO DEL
PATIO Y JARDINES DE LA
CATEDRAL
Miembros del comite de enbellesimiento del patio
y jardines estaran limpiando el jardin el Sabado, 7
de Noviembre de 7:00 a 9:00am.
Esperamos que usted nos acompañe en esta tarea.
Por favor comuniquese con: John Jacome 404-9974
o Jose Miranda 891-5145 o solo presentese.
NOTE OF APPRECIATION
The St. Augustine Cathedral Fiesta Committee
and Mr. Jose Valenzuela would like to THANK all
Sponsors and Businesses who donated to our St.
Augustine Cathedral Festival. THANK YOU to the
businesses below:
Kalil Bottling Company, Albertsons, Fry’s, Haggins,
and Angel Hernandez at Safeway.
GOOD HEARING
Faith is the ear of the soul.
—St. Clement of Alexandria
KEEP CATHEDRAL GROUNDS
BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE
The KCGB Volunteers will be cleaning and
landscaping the Cathedral grounds on Saturday,
November 7th from 7:00 - 9:00am.
We welcome anyone that would like to help. If you
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RENT YOUR SPACE FOR $25.
This is a great way to make some extra Christmas
money and also help St. Augustine Cathedral. We
will also have a raffle for a Christmas Dinner. For
further information, vendors may call the parish
office at 623-6351.
PARISH NEWS
ART SHOW CELEBRATING
OUR CALL TO LIFE AND
MERCY
Pope Francis’ Jubilee Year of Mercy will be
inaugurated on December 8th, 2015. Tucson will
welcome this year of Jubilee with an art show on
December 5-6, portraying the realities that call us to
social change.
“How much I desire that the year to come will be
steeped in mercy.”
-Pope Francis
The show of local and international artists will
be hosted at Most Holy Trinity parish, 1300 N.
Greasewood, Tucson (Speedway and Greasewood).
Art in a variety of mediums, created by more than 20
multi-faith artists, will be on display for two days.
While art will not be for sale during the show,
artists are invited to have their contact information
available.
Art will be on display on Saturday, December 5th,
from 9:00am - 8:00pm and on Sunday, December
6th, from 8:00am - 6:00pm.
A major reception with the artists will be held on
Sunday, December 6th, from 3:00 - 6:00pm, with
refreshments and music.
For more information: [email protected].
ANNUAL ARIZONA ROSARY
CELEBRATION
Saturday, October 24th
from 10:00am - 12:15pm
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church
8650 N. Shannon Road
This year marks the 5th year of the event in the
Diocese of Tucson. The Most Rev. Gerald F. Kicanas,
Bishop of Tucson, will preside.
Pray the rosary before the Blessed Sacrament,
participate in a Blessing Procession, enjoy music and
listen to the words of keynote speaker Rev. Dennis
Billy, C.Ss.R., Professor of Theology at St. Charles
Borromeo Seminary in PA.
DIOCESE NEWS
This event will honor Mary, Our Lady of Perpetual
Help. Admission is free. For more information: Al
Tucker 825-1248, visit www.azrosary.com, email
[email protected], or become a friend on
Facebook at www.facebook.com/azrosary.
ALL SOULS DAY MASSES
Monday, November 2, 2015
8:30 a.m.
Holy Hope Cemetery
Rev. Msgr. Jeremiah McCarthy, Moderator of the Curia
presiding
Our Lady of the Desert Cemetery
Rev. Msgr. Thomas Cahalane, Our Mother of Sorrows
presiding
13TH
ANNIVERSARY
GOLF TOURNAMENT
St. Augustine Catholic High School presents the
13th Anniversary Golf Tournament (Sr. Lauren Moss
Memorial Golf Tournament) on:
Saturday, November 7, 2015
7:30am Registration
8:00am Shotgun Start
at Arizona National Golf Club
18 Holes in Scramble Format, Patio Barbeque, Raffle,
and Awards Luncheon
$95/player - $375/foursome
RSVP by Monday, October 26, 2015
For reservations and information, please contact
Doreen Alderete at 520.751.8300, ext. 1004.
BENDECIDO
Si puedes ver estás bendecido. Si
puedes entender estás bendecido mil
veces.
—Anónimo
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COUPLE PRAYER RETREAT
Originated from the desire of couples who wanted
more than just good communication between each
other, and to find a way to pray to God as a couple.
A Couple Prayer Retreat is coming Dec. 4-6 to Holy
Trinity Monastery. Couple Prayer Retreat is based on
Matt 6:6 and Matt 18:19-20. It is supported by Church
doctrine, encyclicals, and recognized in the Tucson
Diocese.
Call 722-2931 Kevin or Kathie for registration and
more info, or email [email protected].
DO ALIENS EXIST? POPE
FRANCIS TACKLES THIS
(AND OTHER THINGS) IN
NEW INTERVIEW
Pope Francis discussed in a new interview topics
ranging from his reasons for canonizing the
parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, to his thoughts on
whether there could be life on other planets.
The interview with French journalist Caroline
Pigozzi of Paris Match was conducted in Italian, and
published in both Italian and French Oct. 15.
Pigozzi is known for making the Pope’s eyes light
up in January when on board his flight to the
Philippines she gifted him a silver bas-relief, or
carving, of St. Therese of Lisieux, to whom he has a
strong devotion.
In the interview, the Pope said that he is doing
“well,” but confessed that he is tired due to his
recent Sept. 23-27 visit to the United States, as well
as the demands of the current synod of bishops on
the family.
He then responded to questions covering a wide
variety of topics, including climate change, as well as
his thoughts on whether or not extraterrestrials exist.
The journalist brought up NASA’s discovery last
July of a new planet, Kepler 452 B, which resembles
Earth in its dimensions and characteristics, asking
whether there could be thinking beings elsewhere
in the universe.
“Honestly I wouldn’t know how to answer,” the
Pope replied, explaining that while scientific
knowledge has until now excluded the possibility
of other thinking beings in the universe, “until
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America was discovered we thought it didn’t exist,
and instead it existed.”
“But in every case I think that we should stick
to what the scientists tell us, still aware that the
Creator is infinitely greater than our knowledge.”
Francis said that the one thing he is sure about in
the universe and the world in which we live is that
it “is not the result of chance or chaos,” but rather
of divine intelligence.
It is the result “of the love of God who loves us, who
created us, who desired us and never leaves us
alone,” he said.
Pope Francis also spoke about the reasons behind
his decision to canonize the parents of St. Therese
of Lisieux, Louis and Zélie Martin. They will officially
be declared saints by the Pope this Sunday, Oct. 18,
and are the first married couple to be canonized
together.
The Martins, he said, “are an evangelistic couple
who throughout their whole life gave witness to
the beauty of faith in Jesus, both inside and outside
of their home.”
At a time when “a certain bourgeois ethics”
despised the poor with the excuse of maintaining a
certain decorum, the Martins instead opened their
hearts and doors to them, he said.
“Those two, with their five children, devoted
their energy, time and money to help the needy.
Certainly they are a model of holiness and of
married life.”
St. Therese, the youngest of the Martin’s five
children, is someone the Pope frequently goes to
with special intentions, and to ask for favors.
He said that the reason for his strong devotion to the
young Carmelite nun is that “she is one of the saints
that speaks to us most about the grace of God.”
“The little Therese understood in her existence
what love is, the reconciling love of Jesus, which
impels the children of his Church. This is what
Therese of Lisieux has taught me,” he said.
Francis said he also appreciates the saint’s
reflections on the dangers of gossip and “the spirit
of curiosity,” both of which he has spoken of often
since his election as Bishop of Rome.
On the topic of climate change, the Pope was asked
if he had a message for the upcoming climate
DIOCESE & WORLD NEWS
Image courtesy of worldmissionmagazine.com
summit in Paris. He responded by saying that “the
Christian is a realist, not catastrophic.”
“Because of this, we cannot hide the evidence:
the current world system in unsustainable,” he
said, and expressed his hope that the summit
“can contribute to a concrete choice, shared and
farsighted, for the common good.”
He said there must be an end to the “indiscriminate
exploitation” of the planet and the deterioration
of our common home, and that we must “protect
man from auto-destruction.”
To do this, humanity has to renounce the idolatry
of money and again place the human being, their
dignity and the common good at the center.
Otherwise, “out descendants will be forced to live
on heaps of rubble and dirt.”
Pope Francis, who is a known pizza-lover, was also
asked if he has ever considered hopping on a bus
dressed as a simple priest and going to a Roman
pizzeria.
In response, the Pope said that “I haven’t
completely abandoned my black clerics under the
white cassock!”
“I would certainly like to be able to wander the
streets still, the streets of Rome, which is a beautiful
city.” He said he has always been “a priest of the
streets,” and that some of Jesus’ most important
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encounters happened there.
However, he also recognized that while he would
love to go out and eat a good pizza with friends,
it’s not easy. In fact, he said that to do so is “almost
impossible” for him.
Yet Francis did say that he has no lack of contact
with people, and that as Pope he meets “many,
much more than when I was in Buenos Aires, and
this gives me great joy!”
“When I embrace the people I meet, I know that
Jesus is keeping me in his arms,” he said.
Francis also touched on his reasons for never visiting
the U.S. until this year. He explained that the trips
he made were all for meetings related to his duties
either bishop or as master of novices, provincial and
rector of philosophy and theology for the Jesuits,
and that none of them were held in the U.S.
“None of those meetings, congresses or synods
took place in the United States. This is the reason I
never had the occasion to visit this country before.”
Other topics addressed in the interview were
migration, the refugee crisis, global conflicts and his
reasons for calling the Jubilee of Mercy, which he
said was the result of deep reflection and prayer. By Elise Harris | Vatican City, Oct 15, 2015 / 11:31 am (CNA/EWTN News).- http://www.
catholicnewsagency.com/
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