{"id":2494,"date":"2005-09-12T13:43:45","date_gmt":"2005-09-12T13:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/a-church-for-baku.html"},"modified":"2005-09-12T13:43:45","modified_gmt":"2005-09-12T13:43:45","slug":"a-church-for-baku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/a-church-for-baku.html","title":{"rendered":"A Church for Baku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interfax-religion.com\/?act=news&amp;div=311\">Built with the personal funds of John Paul II<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, who is now in Baku on a visit from the Vatican, took part in the laying of the foundation of a new Catholic church, the Catholic Church in Azerbaijan reported to <em>Interfax-Azerbaijan<\/em> on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>The church intended for 200 parishioners will be built on Pope John Paul II\u2019s personal funds gained from the selling of his books and on donations from abroad. There are altogether 150 Catholics in Baku and the same number of Catholics are foreigners residing in the Azerbaijani capital, the Catholic representation reported. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img63.imageshack.us\/img63\/9577\/azerbai23ld.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Built with the personal funds of John Paul II Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, who is now in Baku on a visit from the Vatican, took part in the laying of the foundation of a new Catholic church, the Catholic Church in Azerbaijan reported to Interfax-Azerbaijan on Monday. 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