Global Church News
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North Mexican state rejects attempt to redefine marriage
Jun 21, 2019
On Tuesday, the legislature in the state of Sinaloa in northern Mexico rejected a bill which sought to redefine marriage.
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Agreement or fiasco? Kushner (and Trump) Israeli-Palestinian peace plan
Jun 21, 2019
On 25 and 26 June, the Manama Conference will be held, where the United States will present its Middle East peace plan. The Palestinians are absent, boycotting an event that has seen them relegated to the margins. Perplexity of many observers in the face of an economic rather than a political project. Behind which there would be the idea of ??an axis reinforced in an anti-Iranian key.
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Indianapolis Archbishop revokes Jesuit prep school's Catholic identity
Jun 21, 2019
The Archdiocese of Indianapolis announced Thursday that a local Jesuit high school will no longer be recognized as a Catholic school, due to a disagreement about the employment of a teacher who attempted to contract a same-sex marriage.
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Peace Cross can stay, Supreme Court rules
Jun 21, 2019
In a 7-2 decision, the court ruled the Bladensburg cross does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
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Justice and peace: The rights of minorities betrayed
Jun 21, 2019
Activists, Catholics and lawyers complain about the failure to enforce a Supreme Court ruling that was supposed to lay the foundations for everyone’s right to profess their religion in freedom.
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Gender document makes one thing clear: The Church needs more dialogue
Jun 21, 2019
Critics and supporters of the Vatican’s latest document on gender and sexuality may find little common ground on the issue, but they can agree on this: TheChurch needs to further a dialogue about transgender individuals.
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Five ways Trump endangers people and the planet
Jun 21, 2019
During Donald Trump’s visit to Ireland, June 5-6, Irish Catholic aid and development agency Trocaire looks at how his administration has targeted the most vulnerable and endangered our planet.
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Order of Malta leader restricts use of extraordinary form within order
Jun 21, 2019
The recently installed head of the Knights of Malta directed Monday that all liturgical ceremonies within the community must use the ordinary, and not the extraordinary, form of the Roman rite.
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Be men of God, not luxury-seeking diplomats
Jun 21, 2019
Apostolic nuncios are called to be men of faith focused on proclaiming the Gospel and shunning the power and corruption that can come from the luxurious trappings of their diplomatic status, Pope Francis said.
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Priest stabbed before Mass
Jun 21, 2019
A Catholic priest is in a ‘serious but stable’ condition in hospital after he was stabbed in front of his church in the western Polish city of Wroc?aw
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD