Global Church News
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'Sister Strike' nominated for Best Viral Sports Moment
Jun 27, 2019
Maybe it’s the signature bump of the baseball off her bicep before pitching the perfect curve ball. Maybe it’s that she does it all in a full black and white habit with a beaming smile on her face.
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Chilean Diocese concerned for Venezuelan migrants at border crossing
Jun 27, 2019
The Diocese of San Marcos de Arica expressed Monday its concern over the humanitarian conditions of hundreds of people, mostly Venezuelans, held up at the Chacalluta border crossing between Peru and Chile.
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Religious freedom laws 'more necessary than ever,' Congress hears
Jun 27, 2019
The House Committee on Education and Labor heard testimony June 25 on the Do No Harm Act, a proposed measure to limit the application of landmark religious freedom legislation.
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Eritrean Catholics dedicate Apostles' Fast to pray over clinics' closure
Jun 27, 2019
The head of the Eritrean Catholic Church has called for the Church's faithful to observe the current fasting season in response to the government's seizure and closing of 22 Church-run health clinics earlier this month.
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‘Hear victims, treat the whole problem,’ human trafficking conference told
Jun 27, 2019
Human trafficking survivors shared their stories of abuse and oppression before an audience on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, kicking off a day of education and advocacy in the U.S. Congress.
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Filaret's schism within Ukraine’s schism
Jun 27, 2019
The elderly patriarch, who broke away from the Moscow Patriarchate decades ago, ordained two bishops against Epifaniy. The ordination was censored. Altar servants and hypodeacons refused to take part in the "schismatic" service. Epifaniy stripped Filaret of its ecclesiastic responsibilities, but did not excommunicate him.
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For Sri Lankan Buddhists, Card Malcolm Ranjith is a ‘good leader’
Jun 26, 2019
The Archbishop of Colombo is appreciated for his courage in criticising the government's inefficiencies after the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks. The prelate laments that murder has become “part and parcel of Sri Lankan culture."
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Holy See urges tolerance, inclusivity to combat terrorism against religions
Jun 26, 2019
Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York, on June 24 addressed an event on countering terrorism and other acts of violence against religious believers by fostering a culture of tolerance and inclusivity.
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Archbishop of Kirkuk: ISIS orphans, an emergency that weighs on the future of Iraq
Jun 26, 2019
At least 1500 minors are "trapped" in the country's judicial system. Of these 185 were sentenced to jail for being linked to Daesh. Victims of jihadist brainwashing, they suffer torture or violence in their cells. Bishop Yousif: we need an effort by the international community and answers such as education and schooling. The commitment of the Chaldean Church.
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Kerala, Hindu radicals plant a trident in front of the Cross
Jun 26, 2019
The fundamentalist group accuses the church of St. Mary in Panchalimedu of land expropriation. The cross was placed in 1954 on top of the hill, where the route of the 14 stations of the Via Crucis winds.
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.