Global Church News
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New Taiwan Bishop brings years of pastoral expertise
Jan 05, 2021
Amid cheers and great enthusiasm, hundreds of Catholics welcomed the new bishop of Tainan Diocese in southern Taiwan.
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Polish parliament declares 2021 the Year of Cardinal Wyszynski
Jan 05, 2021
The Polish parliament has declared 2021 the Year of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, in honor of the churchman who helped to preserve and strengthen Christianity under communist rule.
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Head of Ukrainian-Greek Catholic Church sends New Year message of peace to war-torn Ukraine
Jan 05, 2021
The Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church releases a message to mark the New Year, noting that as we leave a year in which we were forced to reduce social contact, we must enter the new one prioritising building human relationships.
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A 2021 manifesto for India's Christian community
Jan 05, 2021
The year 2020 began, as every new year does, with the promise of hope and possibilities. It soon turned into a nightmare. Covid-19 ravaged our world.
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Cardinal urges politicians to find consensus and avert Lebanon’s collapse
Jan 05, 2021
Lebanon’s leading Catholic churchman is again urging the country’s political leaders to "overcome the logic of partisan interests" and form a government of "truly independent specialists with a national conscience" to rescue the nation from “a total collapse”.
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Covid Vaccine: What about Africa?
Jan 05, 2021
As Europe and the United States roll out aggressive anti-Covid vaccination programs, the best-case scenario is that Africa will receive a substantial volume of the vaccine only about the middle of 2021.
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Crematorium accident kills 25 in northern India
Jan 05, 2021
Church and political leaders in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are mourning the deaths of 25 people killed when the roof of a shelter at a cremation ground collapsed.
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Philippine Church condemns killings of nine indigenous leaders
Jan 05, 2021
The Philippine Church has strongly condemned the killing of nine indigenous group leaders during an attempted mass arrest shortly before the New Year, saying the slayings worsened the climate of fear in the country.
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A year of challenges faces Pakistan Church
Jan 05, 2021
Joy was in the air when Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference inaugurated the Year of Youth 2020 in a colorful ceremony at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore. Then the world came to a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Sheikhupura, 12-year-old Christian gang raped, family demands justice
Jan 04, 2021
The parents, supported by Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP), filed a complaint. The police delay the investigation and try to silence family members. One of the three assailants, who fled after the rape, has been identified. The father: "Marked with shame", the behaviour of neighbours "changed radically". The young Komal will no longer be able to "live a normal life".
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