Global Church News
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My cousin the martyr: Meet Blessed Stanley Rother's large family
Sep 24, 2017
Fr. Stanley was born in 1935, and grew up with his parents and four siblings in the rural farming town of Okarche, Okla.
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Faithful martyr and missionary Father Stanley Rother beatified in Oklahoma
Sep 24, 2017
Father Stanley Rother's feast day is set for the anniversary of his death, July 28, 1981, which the papal letter described as “the day of his heavenly birth.”
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Vatican officials offer eulogies for former Taiwan Archbishop
Sep 23, 2017
Archbishop Matthew Kia Yen-wen headed Taipei Archdiocese from 1978 until his retirement in 1989
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What's the secret to 70 years of religious life? The Virgin Mary, this nun says
Sep 23, 2017
Sister Crucita has been a member of the Josephine Sisters in Mexico for 70 years. At nearly 100 years old, she says she is happy with her vocation and would not change her decision to give her life to God.
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For the first time in 30 years, Sistine Choir to perform in US
Sep 23, 2017
The Sistine Chapel Choir will perform in the U.S. for the first time in three decades, and will sing compositions that one expert says are an important heritage of the American Church.
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For Mgr Marcuzzo, the attack against St Stephen’s Church in Beit Jimal is a sign of fanaticism
Sep 22, 2017
The Salesian place of worship is located 27 km west of Jerusalem. The attackers caused huge damage, breaking statues and stained glass. The heads of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land condemned the attack. For the Vicar to Jerusalem, the act of vandalism “fits in with the pattern of past incidents”.
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Catholic women's history in Catholic women's hands
Sep 22, 2017
Catholic women's history fades as fast as we make it because few people write about it. Donna Quinn in Chicago Catholic Women: Its Role in Founding the Catholic Women's Movement and Marian Ronan and Mary O'Brien in Women of Vision
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Cardinal D'Rozario says that the Church can be a field hospital for the Rohingya
Sep 22, 2017
At least 420,000 Muslim refugees fled Myanmar for Bangladesh. They are “without many dreams or hope for the future, except only to save their lives, so human an urge, from sudden inhuman atrocities.” “The love of Bangladesh should put pressure on Myanmar to open the borders, their conscience and their hearts to receive their brothers and sisters”.
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Mexican Bishops join in prayer, grief after second deadly earthquake
Sep 22, 2017
Following Mexico’s second major earthquake in two weeks, bishops in the country called for prayers and solidarity, asking Our Lady of Guadalupe to intercede and comfort the suffering people.
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Young people make waves at Synod meeting
Sep 21, 2017
A group of 21 teens and young adults took part in the invitation- only event, where they joined in discussions and made concrete proposals for the Synod.
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.