Global Church News
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Pope in Japan: Overview of Day Three
Nov 26, 2019
Pope Francis started Monday picking up the same theme he left off with on Sunday: atomic energy.
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Garo Catholics in Mymensingh offer the harvest to Christ the King
Nov 26, 2019
Ethnic Garos celebrated Wangala, a traditional animist festival, even though they converted to Christianity and now give thanks to Jesus Christ, who came “for our salvation”. For Catholic MP, the Garo must take care of their customs and traditions or “one day they will be gone.”
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Chaldean patriarch calls for a crisis unit to stop violence and rebuild the state
Nov 26, 2019
For Card Sako, time is "running out”. Wisdom, a sense of responsibility and courage are needed to come out of the current critical phase. More violence over the weekend left at least nine dead and scores wounded as police shoot into the crowd. “As a Church we are monitoring the situation with great concern,” Card Sako said. Shia authorities express solidarity with ordinary Iraqis.
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Papal nuncio urges Filipinos to respect, protect life
Nov 26, 2019
Spending the last few weeks of his stint as Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia called on Filipinos ‘not to get tired’ of protecting and respecting life.
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Pope in Tokyo: Christ is the lens that helps us prioritize our lives
Nov 25, 2019
Amid the confusion and anxiety often found in modern society, Christ offers us the perspective and freedom to order our lives properly, Pope Francis said at Mass in Tokyo on Monday.
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Lack of prayer creates spiritual ‘zombies’
Nov 25, 2019
If people neglect prayer and the interior life, they are at risk of becoming spiritual zombies, who seem fine on the outside, but on the inside are lonely and lacking life, Pope Francis said Monday.
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Pope at Mass in Tokyo: Gospel of life urges us to be a “field hospital”
Nov 25, 2019
Pope Francis celebrates Mass on Monday afternoon at the Tokyo Dome stadium. In his homily, the Pope says we need to get our priorities right, in line with the life of Jesus.
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‘Japanese people seek peace of heart’, says Jesuit missionary
Nov 25, 2019
As Pope Francis continues to meet with various elements of Japan's society, a Jesuit professor at Tokyo’s Sophia University describes the relationship people there have with religion.
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Pope to young people in Tokyo: ‘Japan needs you, the world needs you!'
Nov 25, 2019
One rendezvous Pope Francis never misses during an Apostolic Visit abroad is meeting with young people, “the builders of tomorrow’s society”. That meeting took place on the penultimate day of his visit to Japan, when he took time to meet with the youth in Tokyo.
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Pope to victims of Japan's "triple disaster": We are part of one another
Nov 25, 2019
Pope Francis meets with victims of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident that struck the Japanese city of Fukushima in 2011.
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.