Global Church News
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Dubai Church donates funds for Kerala flood anniversary to victims
Dec 29, 2018
The Orthodox Cathedral of St. Thomas has collected 125 thousand euros, canceling "superfluous" events. Most faithful come from the Indian state. The church often launches charitable initiatives to support the weakest.
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Sunda Strait, 351 thousand people hit by the tsunami
Dec 29, 2018
The search and rescue operations for victims will continue until the state of emergency is lasted. The toll of the disaster has been updated: 426 victims, more than 7 thousand injured and over 40 thousand displaced persons.
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How Vatican Christmas Concert helps refugees in Uganda
Dec 29, 2018
Funds raised during the Vatican’s annual Christmas concert will help refugees in Uganda through the Salesian Fathers who took up residence earlier this year in the Palabek refugee camp.
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Austria Commemorates 200th Anniversary of Silent Night
Dec 28, 2018
Austria is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the famous Christmas carol "Silent Night". The peaceful song about the birth of Jesus that became a crucial part of Christmas celebrations, was sung publicly for the first time in December 1818 in an Austrian town.
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The deep roots of Portugal's Marian devotion
Dec 28, 2018
When the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Fatima in 1917, Portugal had already acclaimed Mary as their reigning Queen for hundreds o
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Vatican court hands down historic money laundering verdict
Dec 28, 2018
The Holy See Press Office announces that the first person in the Vatican’s history has been tried and found guilty of money laundering.
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Parolin: True message of Christmas is peace, goodness for all
Dec 28, 2018
Continuing his visit to Iraq during the Christmas season, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrates Mass in the Chaldean Cathedral of St Joseph in Ankawa.
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Christmas in Mongolia amid signs of consumerism and the memory of Mgr Padilla
Dec 28, 2018
Mongolia’s Catholic community got ready to relive "the great mystery of Incarnation" through a moment of retreat and reconciliation. Consumerism and untrained relationship to money are new dangers.
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North Korea sends Christmas wishes to the South
Dec 28, 2018
The North Korean Council of Religionists, which includes all officially recognised religions, sent a video with a message of peace and prosperity to its South Korean brothers and sisters, walking “hand in hand towards peace and unification, filled with blessings by Christ the Lord.”
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Hanoi invites Card Parolin to visit the country 'in the near future'
Dec 28, 2018
The prime minister noted the “important progress in the process of developing relations between Vietnam and the Holy See” as well as the “positive and effective contributions of Vietnamese Catholics to the development of our country.” Citing Pope Francis, Mgr Camilleri calls on Catholics to "live the Gospel in the heart of the nation.”
Sunday Reflection
Jesus did not turn away from His mission
Today, Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week, the high point of the Church’s year, climaxing in the Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.