Global Church News
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Cardinal Wuerl set to open Season of Healing in response to abuse
Sep 14, 2018
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington encouraged archdiocesan parishes to participate in a six-week Season of Healing to counter what he called “confusion, disappointment and disunity” and to help bring about healing in the wake of recent sex abuse scandals that have rocked the US Catholic Church.
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Make an examination of conscience every evening, we are not animals driven by our instincts
Sep 14, 2018
Pope Francis continued to stigmatise “vanity” and “pride” during Mass in Santa Marta on Sept 4, and how they are an example of the way “evil” can creep into the human soul.
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International Day of Charity – Homage to Mother Teresa
Sep 14, 2018
The United Nations established September 5 as an International Day of Charity. The date was chosen in honour of Mother Teresa, who passed away on Sept 5, 1997.
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Cardinal Bo slams Myanmar military for brutality in Kachin
Sep 14, 2018
Myanmar’s military continues to persecute ethnic Kachin, the predominant Christian group in a conflict-torn part of the country, as well as Rohingya Muslims, said Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, Myanmar.
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UNICEF: Half the world’s teenagers victims of violence in school
Sep 14, 2018
Bullying in school is not unusual. But just because something is not unusual it should not be normalised. It is not normal that 150 million adolescents have reported being victims of violence in school according to a new report released by UNICEF on Sept 6.
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Iraqi Priest: The Pope and Fr. Ragheed, witness of freedom to martyrdom
Sep 13, 2018
The relatives of the Chaldean priest massacred by the fundamentalists in 2007 met Francis at the world meeting of families, accompanied by Fr. Rebward Basa. He entrusts the memory of Fr. Ragheed to AsiaNews: "Example of love, forgiveness and reconciliation". The coexistence between Christians and Muslims based on rights, first of all that of worship.
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New Year Greetings from Zarif to Jews in Iran and the world
Sep 12, 2018
A message marked by détente in a moment of great tension between Iran and Israel. On twitter, the head of Tehran diplomacy posted pictures of the festivities in the capital. In two years, the Israeli army has hit more than 200 Iranian targets in Syria.
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Hong Kong Catholics remember two Priests killed by the Communist Party
Sep 12, 2018
A memorial Mass was held for Fr John Baptist Cheng Kwok-Cheung and Fr Peter Ngai Wan-Fai, who were killed on 7 September 1953 in the parish of Wanchai for denouncing communist persecution of the Church in China. Fr Cheng’s niece wants to keep their memory alive.
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For Vicar of Aleppo, Idlib is a pretext to hit Syria: Christian families live in the area
Sep 12, 2018
Mgr Georges views international pressures as “scary”. A big chunk of the country cannot be left in the hands of terrorists and jihadists. The prelate complains that the media have not reported the death of six Christian children and women, hit by rockets launched by local extremist groups. The UN warns of the worst humanitarian crisis of the century.
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Orthodoxy’s age-old controversy over primacy
Sep 12, 2018
The Moscow Patriarchate has rejected any discussion over the decision-making power in the Church and insists on the untouchability of the principle of
Sunday Reflection
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The happiest place on Earth
Hundreds of thousands of people travel to Florida every year to visit a place that calls itself the happiest place on earth. Yes, that’s right, they come here to see Mickey Mouse, and Donald Duck and a whole lot of Goofies at Disney World.
