Global Church News
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Card Suharyo tells Jakarta Catholics that compassion ‘makes the world better’
Dec 05, 2019
The Archbishop led a Mass to mark his cardinalship. Scores of Catholic figures and hundreds of former seminarians attended the service. The cardinal told the faithful to be compassionate and “follow up the good hopes for the Saviour's arrival, showing mercy to your neighbours.”
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Thousands of Jesus Youth Movement members in the UAE into missionary work
Dec 04, 2019
From 30 November to 2 December, the movement celebrated a quarter century in the Gulf with meetings, stories, Masses and confessions. The Pope granted Participants a special indulgence. “We are alive because we bring the joy of our encounter with Jesus to others,” said Bishop Padilla.
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Sheen beatification postponement not related to 2007 cover-up allegation
Dec 04, 2019
The delay of the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen is not related to a 2007 allegation that Bishop Fulton Sheen witnessed and covered up an act of clerical sexual abuse, sources close to the beatification.
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Cardinal Tagle urges support for Caritas’ “Share the Journey" campaign
Dec 04, 2019
In an Advent message, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle holds up a young woman of Caritas Bangladesh as a model of the “Share the Journey” campaign of Caritas Internationalis in advocacy of migrants and refugees worldwide.
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Congolese nationals urge Pope Francis to canonise Blessed Anuarite and Bakanja
Dec 04, 2019
Congolese nationals resident in Rome, Italy, have made a passionate plea to Pope Francis for the canonisation of Blessed Anuarite and Blessed Bakanja during a colourful Eucharistic celebration in the Basilica of St. Peter.
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Pope at Mass: Today the Church praises “littleness”
Dec 04, 2019
The Spirit of God can only germinate in a humble heart, Pope Francis says in his homily at the daily Mass. The Holy Father says that God’s revelation always begins with “littleness”, implying trust in God rather than being closed in one oneself.
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Fr de Rhodes remembered for spreading the Gospel via the romanised script of Vietnamese
Dec 04, 2019
The French Jesuit was a missionary in Vietnam between 1625 and 1645. Until the early 17th century, the Vietnamese language was based on Chinese characters. The new script became an effective tool for evangelisation. More than 320,000 people were converted after 50 years.
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A 14-year-old Christian girl is kidnapped and converted in Karachi: Her parents appeal to the Court of Justice
Dec 04, 2019
Huma Younus went missing from her home on 10 October. She was taken 600 km from her home city. Her abjuration was recorded on the same day of her kidnapping. Justice and Peace Commission backs the family’s legal case.
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Cardinal Turkson: The impact of “Caritas in veritate” after ten years
Dec 04, 2019
Ahead of a seminar on Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical “Caritas in veritate”, Cardinal Peter Turkson looks at the impact of the document in the areas of ecology and integral human development.
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Fulton Sheen beatification postponed
Dec 04, 2019
The scheduled beatification of Ven. Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has been postponed after several U.S. bishops asked that the cause be given more time for examination. The Diocese of Peoria announced the delay on Dec. 3.
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.