Global Church News
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Faithful from near and far gather to celebrate Fr. Solanus, friend and healer
Nov 20, 2017
Usually, when Detroit’s Ford Field is filled with people, it’s because football fans are watching the Lions play another NFL team.
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Dinners, deliveries and drives: How some Catholics are serving up Thanksgiving for the poor
Nov 20, 2017
While many will gather for Thanksgiving this year around tables filled with food and family, the National Council of the U.S. Society of St. Vincent de Paul have set out to make sure that the poor and homeless will also experience a holiday filled with community.
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Legion of Christ responds to 'Paradise Papers' claims of offshore accounts
Nov 20, 2017
Reports about the Legion of Christ’s offshore accounts date to the time of its disgraced founder and do not apply to the religious institute today, a spokesman has said.
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Friendship and from-scratch food served up at Fr. Solanus’ soup kitchen
Nov 20, 2017
It’s a Franciscan custom to give food - even if that’s just a simple sandwich - to anyone who comes to the door hungry.
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For Cardinal Parolin, Vatican II still benefits the Church
Nov 19, 2017
The Second Vatican Council, rightly understood, continues to be a force for evangelization and renewal in the Church, according to Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of the Holy See.
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Catholic Church to highlight large-scale poverty on first 'World Day of the Poor'
Nov 19, 2017
A day for for the less fortunate, the vulnerable and the marginalized will be observed by the Catholic Church in the Philippines on Sunday, as globally initiated by Pope Francis.
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India marks World Day of the Poor
Nov 19, 2017
In Mumbai, the Church will be taking up donations to mark the World Day of the Poor, instituted by Pope Francis at the end of the Jubilee of Mercy.
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Humble disciple, tireless servant: Solanus Casey beatified in Detroit
Nov 19, 2017
Detroit’s beloved Father Solanus Casey has been beatified, with Pope Francis calling him “a humble and faithful disciple of Christ, tireless in serving the poor.”
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Who was Albino Luciani, the 'smiling Pope'?
Nov 18, 2017
Last week Albino Luciani, better known by his papal name, John Paul I, took the next step on the path to sainthood.
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Commentary: Don’t buy fake agendas; defend the pope!
Nov 18, 2017
For years now, I have bemoaned the growing number of so-called progressive Catholic figures, in academia, the media and the outer curial orbit, who fancy themselves to be the Pope’s ideological vanguard, amidst what they have taken to calling their “intra-ecclesial battle.”
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