Global Church News
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New Apostolic Nuncio arrives in South Korea
May 30, 2018
Archbishop Xuereb of Malta conveys Pope Francis' wishes for peace on the peninsula
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Sense of shock hangs like a cloud over bomb-hit Surabaya
May 30, 2018
The last time Khori Han saw his neighbor Dita Oepriarto, was "at the hour of the Fajr," the dawn prayer for Muslims.
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Interfaith leaders visit strife-torn Rakhine State
May 30, 2018
From the air, delegation saw hundreds of Rohingya villages destroyed during Myanmar military counter-insurgency campaign
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Myitkyina, thousands of Catholics march for peace and displaced Kachin used as human shields
May 30, 2018
Since last April, armed clashes between the army and the rebels of the Kachin Independence Army (Kia) have reignited. Internally displaced people in the region have increased by 5 thousand.
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Filipinos hold Marian procession to protest rights abuses
May 29, 2018
Santacruzan targets Duterte's war on drugs, supression of press fredom and tirades against women
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Flying on Sunday? Many airport chapels offer Mass
May 29, 2018
Flying on Sunday and need a place for Mass? A recent study revealed that 40 percent of major US airports have chapels offering Sunday Mass times for t
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What’s in it for me?
May 29, 2018
Peter cries out that he and the other disciples have given up everything to follow Jesus — their families and their livelihood, so what was their reward? At the back of his mind Peter was asking the age old question, ‘what’s in it for me’?
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Making the impossible, possible
May 29, 2018
For Jesus, the commandments had a vertical and horizontal dimension of love. It was not so much in the doing rather than in the being, that salvation could be obtained. Salvation is not obtained by performing a unique or special deed, nor is it a ‘claim’ made by virtue of religious appropriation.
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O Mystic Marvel: The ‘Holy Trinity’ by Masaccio (1425)
May 29, 2018
The principal subject, as the title suggest, is the ‘Throne of Grace’ depicted in the form of the Triune Godhead. The Father holds his crucified son while the Holy Spirit descends upon Christ in the form of a dove.
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Pope: Ecumenical collaboration for the future of young people and families
May 28, 2018
Francis meets participants at the annual international conference Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation, which was also attended by Patriarch Bartholomew. "Too often a tragic and false dichotomy has developed between the ethical doctrine of our religious traditions and the practical interests of the current business community. But there is a natural circularity between profit and social responsibility ".
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.