Global Church News
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Dicastery for Evangelisation offers resource for Year of Prayer
Mar 01, 2024
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization releases “Teach Us To Pray", a guide book on prayer for Christians, as the Church prepares to celebrate the 2025 Jubilee.
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Vatican shows new film on Coptic martyrs killed by ISIS in 2015
Mar 01, 2024
Documentary featuring testimonies from family members of the 21 men killed nine years ago in Tunisia is unveiled as Catholic Church marks first-ever Feast of the Coptic Martyrs.
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“Church every day” initiative to bring back Catholics
Mar 01, 2024
“Like work, everything was done remotely via live videos during the pandemic, and this habit has continued,” Lee points out.
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Ethical Banks warn that investing in arms fuels war
Mar 01, 2024
A three-day Global Alliance for Banking on Values summit, with the participation of about 70 ethical banks from across the world, wraps up in northern Italy with a call to embrace the principles of Ethical Finance for the good of humanity and the planet.
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Holy See: Religious freedom is violated in one third of the world
Mar 01, 2024
Addressing the 55th Session of the Human Rights Council the Holy See's Permanent Observer to the United Nations and Other International Organisations in Geneva urges for renewed international efforts to address the ongoing violations of human rights, including freedom of religion.
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Bahrain’s Catholics join Lenten blood donation campaign
Feb 29, 2024
About 200 Catholics in Muslim-majority Bahrain have donated blood as part of a Lenten campaign aimed at increasing awareness of the importance of blood donation, says a report.
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Save the Children: 'Urgent action needed to avert famine in Gaza'
Feb 29, 2024
The desperate humanitarian crisis in Gaza requires a massive and immediate response according to the humanitarian organization Save the Children, which is calling for an end to restrictions that are hampering the delivery of emergency aid. An estimated 12,500 children have died since the start of the conflict on 7 October 2023.
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A EU military intervention in Ukraine is “frightening”, says Cardinal Parolin
Feb 28, 2024
Closing the award ceremony of the “Economy and Society” International Prize awarded by the Centesimus Annus Foundation , Cardinal Secretary of State expresses strong concerns over a further escalation of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, where, he says the only solution is a cease-fire.
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Fiducia Supplicans: Non-liturgical blessings, and Pope Benedict's distinction
Feb 28, 2024
An Instruction published in 2000 by the then-Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith distinguished between rituals inserted into liturgical books and pastoral or spontaneous prayers. The same criterion is now being used to admit the possibility of blessing irregular couples.
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Niwano Peace Prize goes to Palestinian-American peacebuilder
Feb 27, 2024
The Niwano Peace Foundation selects Palestinian-American Professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer as the recipient of the 41st Niwano Peace Prize in recognition of his lifelong commitment to peace and interfaith dialogue.
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.