Global Church News
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Blessed Romero built peace with the power of love
May 28, 2015
Some thought this day of Beatification would never arrive. Others hoped, and some always knew it would.
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Lahore Archbishop saves christian community from mob by calling on muslim leaders' aid
May 28, 2015
The Christian quarter of Lahore was attacked by a mob after a mentally handicapped man was accused of desecrating the Qur’an.
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Cardinal Wuerl in new pastoral letter reflects on catholic identity in public square
May 28, 2015
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, is calling on Catholics to live their Christian identity in public as well as in their own spiritual lives.
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DC Cardinal: Christ didn't change his words, and neither should the Church
May 28, 2015
It is not discrimination for a Catholic to publicly profess his faith, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington insisted Sunday in a pastoral letter.
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'Mother of Mercy' beatification in Kenya draws tens of thousands
May 28, 2015
Massive crowds attended Saturday's beatification of early twentieth-century Italian missionary, Sister Irene Stefani, who was known as “mother of mercy” to the Kenyan people she cared for.
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Bishop Conley asks for prayers as Nebraska legislators vote on death penalty
May 28, 2015
Nebraska's Catholic bishops commended the state legislature on the vote, adding: "We recognize many men and women of good will on both sides of this debate.
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European, African bishops to join in studying family
May 27, 2015
The Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE) and The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will be having a Seminar on the theme The joy of the Family in Maputo, Mozambique from May 28- 31, 2015.
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Pope exhorts Franciscans to work with simplicity, brotherly spirit
May 27, 2015
In a message to members of the Franciscan order who were meeting in a general chapter, Pope Francis emphasized two defining characteristics of the order: minority and fraternity
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Archbishop Tomasi to UN: Vatican-Convened workshop concluded 'no further room for Denial' on climate change
May 27, 2015
Here is the address given by Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Silvano Tomasi at the Climate and Health 68th World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
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As synod council meets, 'shadow council' pushes acceptance of gay unions
May 27, 2015
While the Synod of Bishops' ordinary council gathered to discuss the upcoming Synod on the Family this week, a private group of bishops and experts convened behind closed doors in Rome to consider the most controversial issues at the synod, particularly support of gay unions and Communion for the divorced and remarried.
Sunday Reflection
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion: Between Heaven and Earth
And they raised Him up on a cross. He was between heaven and earth. On the ground, yet raised up to the sky. He was with His People, with Us, but He was also with His Father.
