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Minnesota missionary priest shot to death in Kenya
Father John Kaiser, 68, a Mill Hill Missionary originally
from Minnesota, became the most recent martyr when he was found dead with a single bullet wound
to the head outside of the town of Naivasha 80 kilometers (50
miles) from the capital Nairobi. Father Kaiser had accused
two government ministers of orchestrating tribal fighting
and was then ordered to leave the country last year. The
decision was later revoked after protests. He had told close friends that he feared for his life, knowing the government would retaliate. more
Another hurdle cleared in canonization cause of Blessed Juan Diego
 The Center of Guadalupe Studies has
just presented the book "The Virgin's Messenger," written by a team of
archaeologists and anthropologists, which proves the historical
existence of Blessed Juan Diego, the Indian visionary of the Virgin of
Guadalupe's apparitions. This documentation will be presented to the Holy Father. Juan Diego's cause of canonization, following his beatification by this Pope, is already quite advanced. These new discoveries reinforce his postulation.more
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