Global Church News
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Highlights of Pope’s second day in Madagascar
Sep 09, 2019
Pope Francis was busy on his second day in Madagascar, which he spent in the capital, Antananarivo.
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Pope addresses Madagascar’s civil authorities: Full text
Sep 09, 2019
Pope Francis greets Madagascar’s civil authorities, diplomatic corps, and representatives of civil society, inviting them to promote the integral human development of everyone in the country. The full text of the Pope’s prepared remarks is below:
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Madagascar welcomes Pope Francis in style
Sep 09, 2019
The president, bishops, and people of Madagascar welcome Pope Francis to their island nation on Friday evening with a special celebration at the airpo
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Madagascar: Hospitaller Sisters of Mercy caring for the poor
Sep 07, 2019
One of the key challenges facing the people of Madagascar is healthcare. Government services are expensive for many poor people in the Island Nation and health education is urgent in contexts where superstition can lead to dangerous choices.
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Pope Francis begins his Apostolic Journey to Madagascar
Sep 07, 2019
The papal plane taking Pope Francis to Madagascar, for the second leg of his Apostolic Visit to three southern African nations, has arrived in the capital, Antananarivo.
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Pope at Mass in Mozambique: Hold onto hope and stay united
Sep 07, 2019
Pope Francis celebrates a Votive Mass for the Progress of Peoples in Maputo’s Zimpeto Stadium and encourages the people of Mozambique to keep working for peace and reconciliation, loving their enemies, and loving one another.
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Pope Francis concludes visit to Mozambique with a colourful Mass
Sep 07, 2019
The climax of Pope Francis’ visit to Mozambique had to be the Mass, celebrated this morning, in Maputo’s forty-two thousand capacity stadium known locally as the Estádio Nacional do.
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Pope visits hospital in Mozambique and comforts HIV-AIDS patients
Sep 07, 2019
Pope Francis begins his last day in Mozambique with a visit to the Zimpeto Hospital and says caring for mothers and children with HIV-AIDS reminds him of the parable of the Good Shepherd.
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Pope invites Church in Mozambique to be a “Church of the Visitation
Sep 06, 2019
Pope Francis addresses bishops, priests, men and women religious, seminarians and catechists, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Maputo, and explains how to find identity in change.
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China’s one-child policy will leave lasting damage, expert warns
Sep 06, 2019
Although China announced it was ending its one-child policy in 2015, the effects of the communist regime’s controversial measure will be felt for generations to come, an expert has warned.
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