Global Church News
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Founder of Protestant movement returns to Catholic Church
Jan 22, 2020
The founder of a prominent non-denominational movement in India has returned to the Catholic faith of his baptism after more than a decade as a Pentecostal pastor and travelling preacher.
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Come on Children Mosque Project marks the end of secular Turkey
Jan 22, 2020
Turkey’s Education Ministry has issued a directive requiring all schools to implement the ‘Come on Children Mosque Project’ as broadly as possible as an extracurricular activity.
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India among 10 worst countries for violence against Christians
Jan 22, 2020
An international persecution watchdog has placed India among the ten countries where Christians face the worst violence because of their faith.
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Several Priests and elderly made homeless in China
Jan 22, 2020
Msgr. Vincenzo Guo Xijin, former ordinary bishop of Mindong (Fujian) is now homeless and sleeping on the doorstep of his curia and clergy house in Luojiang, following the arrival yesterday of an eviction order for him and for the priests who work and live with him.
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'No misunderstanding': Cardinal Sarah meets with Pope emeritus
Jan 21, 2020
Cardinal Robert Sarah has met with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to discuss the controversy following around their recently-published book "From the Dept
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Eight die as fire hits Czech disabled home
Jan 21, 2020
Authorities in the Czech Republic say at least eight people were killed as one of the country's deadliest fires in decades swept through a Czech home for the mentally disabled near the German border. The prime minister visited the site of the blaze, which also injured more than 30 people.
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1 of 4 kidnapped Nigerian seminarians released after suffering serious injuries
Jan 21, 2020
A Nigerian seminarian who was abducted this month was freed by his kidnappers after 10 days in captivity. Three seminarians kidnapped with him remain
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MLK's Dream 'was about the bettering of humanity'
Jan 21, 2020
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to reflect on King’s vision and his example for everyone as a Christian leader who engaged in effective social action, said a leader with a historically African-American Catholic fraternity.
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Minn. young adults accompany, pray for bishops on ad limina visit to Rome
Jan 21, 2020
Young adults from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are accompanying their bishops on their ad limina visit to Rome this week, joining them at “the threshold of the apostles.”
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Bishops visiting Holy Land ask for application of international law
Jan 21, 2020
Following a trip to the Holy Land, a group of bishops from the United States and Europe called on their countries’ governments to acknowledge the state of Palestine and to apply international law in Israel and the surrounding area in order to promote peace and justice.
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.