Global Church News
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Dozens of migrants drown in shipwreck off Libyan coast
Jul 27, 2021
At least 57 people drowned on Monday after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast near Khums in the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean where more than 1,100 men, women and children have lost their lives this year.
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Benedict XVI laments lack of faith within Church institutions in Germany
Jul 27, 2021
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has expressed concern about the lack of faith within Church institutions in Germany.
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Food Systems Pre-Summit highlights the need to act together
Jul 27, 2021
The UN Food Systems Pre-Summit in Rome aims to prepare the ground for a New York event that will provide solutions and kick-start action to combat global food insecurity and injustice.
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Jesuit Bernd Hagenkord: The life of a papal journalist
Jul 27, 2021
52-year-old Jesuit Father Bernd Hagenkord died on Monday following a brief illness. For over a decade Fr Bernd headed the German-language programmes of Vatican Radio, and went on to play a leading role in kick-starting and implementing the Holy See's media reform.
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Fr. Jacques Hamel: Catholic priest honored 5 years after he was killed at Mass in terrorist attack
Jul 27, 2021
Catholic Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen celebrated a Mass on Monday marking the fifth anniversary of the murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel in a terrorist attack.
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Asian Church must walk with the poor
Jul 26, 2021
Too many Catholic leaders pay only lip service to the pope's desire to become 'a church of the poor for the poor'
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Bangladesh Bangladeshi Catholics honor elderly on World Grandparents Day
Jul 26, 2021
Church officials call for greater love, care and respect for elderly people in families and society
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Church offers care as Covid-19 crisis deepens in Myanmar
Jul 26, 2021
The Catholic Church is lending a helping hand to people affected by the coronavirus in Myanmar as its health system struggles to cope with a record wave of infections.
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The long shadow of coronavirus hangs over India
Jul 26, 2021
It is not a question of numbers or of apportioning blame, but the living owe an apology to each of the dead in the pandemic
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Pope must not allow himself to be propaganda tool for North Korea
Jul 26, 2021
If Pope Francis visits Pyongyang, he should try to break through the wall of isolation that surrounds Kim Jong-un’s brutal regime
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.