Global Church News
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Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka Easter bombings
Apr 24, 2019
The Islamic State claimed responsibility Tuesday for the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka that killed at least 321 people and left 500 injured.
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Bishop Audo: Easter prayer in Aleppo in memory of Bishops missing six years
Apr 24, 2019
There is no news of the Syro-Orthodox Msgr. Yohanna Ibrahim and the Greek Orthodox Msgr. Boulos Yaziji. For the prelate "there are no certain signs of their presence" or "communication channels in place". He launches an appeal to the West: to support peace in Syria and the Christian presence in the country. The memory of the Federation of Arameis (Syriacs) in Switzerland.
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Utholi: Five new baptisms, with lives at risk
Apr 24, 2019
Some radical Muslim groups do not tolerate the presence of Christians in the area. Those who abandon Islam live under constant threats. Some parishioners go to Mass wearing the burqa, to confound extremists. After being attacked and hospitalised, a young Catholic hid in a church for a month.
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Sri Lanka Catholic, Christian Churches call for restraint, investigation after bombings
Apr 24, 2019
On April 23, Sri Lankans began burying their dead amid security concerns that the government failed to act on intelligence reports that attacks were being planned. Catholic schools are closed until April 29.
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Cardinal criticises Sri Lanka government for failing to protect Christians
Apr 24, 2019
'These deaths could have been avoided. Why this was not prevented?' Cardinal Ranjith said
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Catholic church vandalized in Northern Ireland
Apr 24, 2019
A Catholic church in Northern Ireland was desecrated with paint in the early hours of Easter Sunday morning, receiving disapproval from political officials.
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Young Muslim talks about the pain, speaks out against ‘anti-Christian terrorism’
Apr 24, 2019
The number of deaths in the series of attacks against three churches and as many hotels has risen to 310. Muslims condemn the obscurantism of a backward Islam. "They want to divide us and sow war between us,” says young Muslim scholar.
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Strengthen collaboration between the Churches to protect Christians in the Middle East
Apr 24, 2019
Meeting of Orthodox primates of the Middle East. Meeting focuses on Ukrainian issue and relations between Antioch and Jerusalem.
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Easter can correct society's 'bitterness and intolerance' – English bishop
Apr 23, 2019
Easter is not a time for political debate, but is rather an opportunity to encounter the pinnacle of the faith – Christ’s death and resurrection, Bish
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'Controlled explosion' near St. Anthony's church as Sri Lanka remains on high alert
Apr 23, 2019
Police in Sri Lanka have detonated a suspicious package near St. Anthony’s church in Colombo on Easter Monday.
Sunday Reflection
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: Between Heaven and Earth
And they raised Him up on a cross. He was between heaven and earth. On the ground, yet raised up to the sky. He was with His People, with Us, but He was also with His Father.
