Global Church News
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Vatican clears Indian nun for sainthood
Feb 18, 2019
India will soon have a new saint after Kerala-born nun Blessed Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan was cleared for canonization by the Vatican.
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Pope invites prayers for Protection of Minors meeting
Feb 18, 2019
Pope Francis during the Sunday Angelus asks for prayers for the upcoming “Meeting on the Protection of Minors”.
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How to pregame Lent: Septuagesima, Carnival, and Shrovetide
Feb 18, 2019
Sunday, Feb. 17 is Septuagesima Sunday, followed by Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima Sundays. Sunday kicks off Carnival season, which comes right before Shrovetide, which culminates in Shrove Tuesday - more popularly known as Mardi Gras.
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Catholic Charities unveils plan to fight chronic homelessness in Southern Nevada
Feb 18, 2019
As part of a new nationwide program, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada is hoping to reduce chronic homelessness in the area by 20 percent in the next five years.
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Save the Children: 'One child in five is a victim of war'
Feb 18, 2019
A report released on Friday by the global 'Save the Children' charity reveals a sobering world scenario in which a record number of children are being affected by conflict and where, increasingly, international rules and norms are flouted.
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Holy See: Inequalities, exclusion hitting youth, families, women
Feb 18, 2019
Archbishop Bernadito Auza, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations on Feb. 14 addressed a meeting on “inequalities and challenges to social inclusion through fiscal, wage and social protection policies.”
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Coptic Martyrs beheaded in Libya, source of faith and miracles
Feb 17, 2019
13 of the 21 Christians massacred by the jihadists in Sirte in 2015 were from town of El-Aour, in Upper Egypt. The area has become a destination for pilgrimages and site of mysterious healing. Fr. Rafic: "simple" people who believe in these "signs of heaven". Caution and in-depth studies are needed.
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March for peace begins with a tribute to the martyred soldiers in Kashmir
Feb 17, 2019
The Christian cultural center Vishwa Jyoti Communications organizes a pilgrimage from Nepal to Uttar Pradesh. The stages are rich in symbolic meanings
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Bishop accuses Russia of ‘ecclesial colonialism’, ‘saber-rattling’ in Ukraine
Feb 16, 2019
A leading Ukrainian Catholic bishop has said a recent declaration of independence for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church amounts to a refutation of what he called Russia’s “ecclesial colonialism,” and roundly condemned efforts to placate Russian sensitivities as part of Catholic-Orthodox relationships.
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Rome remembers celebrated Jesuit missionary kidnapped in Syria
Feb 16, 2019
Wednesday night, a torchlit rally took place in front of Rome’s Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore for Father Paolo Dall’Oglio, a native Roman and Jesuit missionary in Syria who disappeared in 2013, along with the thousands of both natives and foreigners who’ve been subject to kidnapping or arbitrary detention in Syria since violence broke out in 2011.
Sunday Reflection
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Trust in the Lord
In the first reading for this Sunday, Jeremiah says, “Cursed be he who trusts in human beings.” It is impossible to create an ideal society if that society does not have God as its foundation, its heart and its end.
