Global Church News
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State funeral for Catholic nun, Pakistan's Mother Teresa
Aug 21, 2017
State-run television broadcast live footage of her flag-draped coffin being solemnly carried by Pakistani soldiers in the southern city of Karachi.
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Church celebrates 100 years of Tanzanian Catholic priests
Aug 21, 2017
The first four native priests were Frs. Celestine Kipanda of Bunda Diocese; Angelo Mwirabure, Geita Diocese; Oscar kyakaraba, Bukoba Diocese and Willl
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Young Koreans journey to Hiroshima on peace pilgrimage
Aug 20, 2017
To better understand peace, school students of Cheju Diocese joined others from Kyoto Diocese in Japan
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Cardinal Parolin in Moscow: Ostpolitik conquers distrust
Aug 20, 2017
The theme is a meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, not in Moscow, but in some holy place of the Christian East, or in Bari. An international conference on the future of Ukraine and Crimea. Commitment to Christians and Peace in the Middle East.
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China, Myanmar, Vietnam fare poorly in US religion report
Aug 20, 2017
Freedom of worship was once again harshly restricted in China and Myanmar last year, the U.S. State Department said in its annual International Religious Freedom Report.
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Chinese Priest: The differences between the funeral of Msgr. Xie and Msgr. Li
Aug 19, 2017
For the first, the bishop of Urumqi, priests and faithful were banned from taking part in the funeral mass; there was no episcopal insignia in the photos; only half an hour for the ceremony. The other, bishop of Taiyuan, was surrounded by the affection and esteem of thousands of his priests and faithful. But "the saints who welcome the two bishops to the door of Paradise are equally numerous."
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Indian Bishop condemns Spain terrorist attacks
Aug 19, 2017
Archbishop Machado chairs the Office for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue of the Federation of Asian Episcopal Conferences.
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No, Pope Francis did not beatify Roberto Clemente
Aug 19, 2017
Vatican officials confirmed to the Washington Post that rumors of Pope Francis beatifying the Pittsburgh Pirates star are false.
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Richmond’s Bishop DiLorenzo passes away at 75
Aug 19, 2017
“He was a faithful servant of the Church for 49 years and a Shepherd of the Diocese of Richmond for 13 years.”
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Italians debate whether rescuing migrants at sea can be a crime
Aug 18, 2017
As temperatures heated up in Italy in late July and August, so did the debate over migration policy and, particularly, over the rescue of refugees and migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea.
Sunday Reflection
Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time: That woman is Ourselves
We, rightly, marvel at the faith of the woman and we wonder at the abrupt words of Jesus. But when we ask the question of why Matthew, and Mark before him, saw fit to include this account in their Gospels, it becomes evident that they, especially Matthew, had other concerns than ours.
