Global Church News
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Pope to nurses, midwives: Thank you for your service to humanity
May 17, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has drawn well-deserved attention to nurses and midwives, who are among “the saints next door,” dedicated to helping people in some of the most joyful or painful moments of their lives, Pope Francis said.
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Amid pandemic, nurses have given heroic example, Pope says
May 17, 2020
Marking International Nurses Day May 12, Pope Francis offered his early morning Mass for nurses who “carry out this profession which is more than a profession; it is a vocation, a commitment.”
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Building hope, brick by brick, in southern IndiaPoor
May 17, 2020
A roof above the head is an unthinkable proposition for many poor people in India’s southern state of Kerala. Yet a Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) nun armed with just compassion and determination has managed to provide 150 houses to those in need.
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Indian priest leads local efforts helping poor affected by pandemic lockdown
May 17, 2020
During the time of COVID-19 a typical day for Father R. Jesudass begins with preparing aid for poor families around the village of Dharmapuri in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu.
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Indonesian leaders pray with the pope against the coronavirus
May 17, 2020
Indonesian authorities and religious leaders responded favourably to Pope Francis’ invitation to pray on Thursday (May 14) to ask God for help against the pandemic
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Indonesian Muslims put religion before COVID-19 rules
May 17, 2020
Muslims in an Indonesian village are defying COVID-19 social distancing restrictions by holding mass gatherings at their local mosque, saying they fear God more than the government.
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Indonesian Catholics mourn “warrior of pluralism”
May 17, 2020
To many Indonesians, Agustinus Kurdi, 71, was just an actor who starred in numerous movies and television series.
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‘We’ve never known anything like this’ – Helping people mourn during coronavirus
May 17, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has upended social life, politics and the economy. It may also transform the nature of grieving, an expert on the mourning process has said.
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Memory at heart is World Communications Day message
May 17, 2020
That you may tell your children and grandchildren that life creates history. This is the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the 54th World Day of Social Communications, which will be celebrated next Sunday, May 24, 2020, the Sunday before Pentecost.
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UNICEF says pandemic becoming crisis of children’s rights
May 17, 2020
In a stark warning on May 12, the Director General of the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, describes the coronavirus pandemic as “a health crisis that is fast becoming a crisis of children’s rights.”
Sunday Reflection
Called to be shepherds not hired help
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD