Global Church News
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Iraqi priest: Infections aside, COVID-19 is sinking the economy, helping the Islamic State
May 30, 2020
For Fr Samir hunger “could be worse" than the coronavirus. Unemployed youth and families without resources could be targeted for jihad recruitment. In Kurdistan churches were closed again after a partial easing. Young Christians died in Baghdad from the coronavirus.
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Novena for Pentecost: Day nine, Saturday
May 30, 2020
The discipline that we pray for today is one which understands that all goodness comes from God. Any holiness that we might achieve is the result of God's work in us.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner calls for culture of solidarity
May 29, 2020
The founder of Servizio Paz y Justicia, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, speaks to Vatican Media about Covid-19 in Latin America and the need for a culture of solidarity.
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The serial killing of Pakistani journalists
May 29, 2020
Media organizations are calling on the government of Pakistan's Sindh province to put in place stronger measures to protect journalists following the murders of two reporters.
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Novena for Pentecost: Day eight, Friday
May 29, 2020
True gentleness is profoundly courageous. It's the kind that can hold the suffering heart of another with tenderness and compassion and stands contrary to many of society's values.
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Man rips cross from Armenian church in latest attack against Christian sites in Istanbul
May 29, 2020
Another church has been attacked amid growing hostility towards Christians in Turkey, which includes arrests, mysterious disappearances, unresolved deaths and a policy of rights violations.
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Church takes in thousands fleeing Mindanao shelling
May 29, 2020
The Church in the southern Philippines has thrown open its doors to help thousands of refugees who fled clashes that erupted in Mindanao during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr.
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Hong Kong Catholics are right to fear Beijing's henchmen
May 29, 2020
It’s a strange quirk of history that the Diocese of Hong Kong is part of the Archdiocese of Guangzhou. That technically gives the archbishop of a diocese in the People’s Republic of China control over the diocese of the special administrative region where different legal rules apply.
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European Bishops advocate for justice in EU’s recovery fund
May 28, 2020
The Social Affairs Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) released a statement on Thursday, offering the Catholic Church’s contribution to the proposed recovery plan of the European Union.
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Pope clears way for beatification of Knights of Columbus founder
May 28, 2020
Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing the way fo
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Sunday Reflection
Seventh Sunday of Easter: Between Ascension and Pentecost
This Sunday rounds out the seven Sundays of Easter, the season of the Church’s explicit celebration of the Resurrection and its meaning for Christian life.
