Global Church News
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More than a century later, Sagrada Familia gets building permit
Jun 21, 2019
After 137 years of ongoing construction, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia received a building permit June 7.
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Notre-Dame Cathedral celebrates first Mass since the fire in April
Jun 21, 2019
The first Mass in Notre-Dame de Paris since the cathedral’s April fire was celebrated June 15 evening in a side chapel that houses the Crown of Thorns.
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Card. Tong and Christian leader: Ok for Carrie Lam apology, but withdraw extradition law
Jun 20, 2019
In a joint statement, the apostolic administrator of the diocese and the president of the (protestant) Christian council, Eric So, demand an independent inquiry into the clashes between police and protesters, where the police would have used tear gas, sticks, bullets rubber against helpless people.
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Assam: Caritas calls on parents to give their children plants, not smartphones
Jun 20, 2019
The FARM Northeast programme was implemented in 2016 in Gorajan, a village in Assam. Volunteers help parents teach their children to respect the environment. Mousumi, 11, takes care of her lychee plant and can’t wait to see it bear fruit.
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Kidnapped Catholic priest freed in Nigeria
Jun 20, 2019
Police forces in Nigeria’s Edo State liberate a Catholic priest who was abducted by suspected Fulani herders after Mass.
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“I accompany them to their death telling them about Jesus”
Jun 20, 2019
A conversation with Dale Recinella, Correctional Chaplain on Florida's Death Row.
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Migrants and refugees. Contributions and present challenges
Jun 20, 2019
On the eve of UN World Refugee Day, a meeting at Vatican Radio looks at the challenges facing migrants and refugees and what is being done by interested parties to aid them.
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Accompany or argue: Pope contrasts with Bishop Barron on evangelization
Jun 20, 2019
La Civiltà Cattolica published a transcript of the Holy Father's conversation with the Jesuit community working in Romania. Pope Francis typically meets with the local Jesuits whenever he visits a country and the conversations really show the wisdom and the personality of this pope.
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Franco Zeffirelli, enigmatic Catholic director of operas and film, dies
Jun 20, 2019
Franco Zeffirelli, the famed film director and film, television and opera producer, died on June 15, 2019, in Rome at the age of 96.
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Synod of Bishops to discuss ordaining married men
Jun 20, 2019
The synod of bishops on the Amazon, which will meet in Rome this October, will discuss the possibility of ordaining married men in the Catholic Church, according to the working paper released June 17 by the Vatican.
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD