Global Church News
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Pope talks Medjugorje, coming encyclical on return from Bosnia
Jun 08, 2015
On his return flight from Sarajevo to Rome Pope Francis told journalists a final decision on the highly debated Mejugorje apparitions could be close, and disclosed the “cancer” of consumerism as a theme in his coming encyclical on human ecology.
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Pope tells Bosnians to be 'tenacious' workers for peace
Jun 08, 2015
During his daytrip to a country still marred by the effects of a recent war, Pope Francis said peace is not something that happens passively, but instead requires passionate action on the part of all.
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'Romeo and Juliet of Sarajevo' highlight pain of loss in Bosnian War
Jun 08, 2015
When Pope Francis visits Bosnia and Herzegovina tomorrow, he will be visiting a country still devastated by the three-year Bosnian War that took place in the early 1990s.
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Pope to Peruvian pro-lifers: 'Keep shaking things up'
Jun 08, 2015
Upon seeing pictures from the 2015 March for Life in Lima, Peru, Pope Francis had a message for the faithful of the South American country: “keep shaking things up.”
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Twenty years after war, Bosnians working to reclaim first victim: trust
Jun 08, 2015
A key Muslim figure in Bosnia said that “mutual trust” was the first victim of the country’s recent war – and is something each of their four main religious populations are still working to regain.
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Insides that didn’t decompose – and other facts about Oscar Romero
Jun 05, 2015
In his role as Vicar General, Monsignor Ricardo Urioste was one of the closest collaborators of Oscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador who was martyred for the faith in 1980, and beatified just this weekend
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Catholics voice hope that Pope Francis will build bridges in Bosnia
Jun 05, 2015
Pope Francis will find a country still suffering from ethnic and religious suspicion when he visits Bosnia and Herzegovina this weekend, but some hope that his visit will help encourage unity.
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Cardinal Kasper backpedals on papal endorsement of controversial proposal
Jun 05, 2015
Almost single-handedly one cleric has turned the Church’s teaching on Communion, marriage and divorce into an international debate.
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Council reviews worldwide input for Family Synod document
Jun 04, 2015
Pope Francis and members of the council of the Synod of Bishops met to review input from around the world for October’s Synod on the Family and made their final suggestions for the synod’s working document.
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Pope: God’s love for his people is manifest in Jesus’ death on the Cross
Jun 04, 2015
Pope Francis on Monday said that after rejection and death comes the glory of resurrection
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Sunday Reflection
Third Sunday of Easter: Witnesses
Today’s Gospel reading is an Easter account from the Gospel of Luke. It begins with the events that took place on the evening of Easter Sunday, after Jesus had appeared to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.
