Global Church News
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Seven spiritual mistakes of ‘good Catholic parents’
Apr 14, 2018
Prayerful, engaged parents understand their children better than anybody else does, except God. Moreover, each child is different. With children, while parents must be fair, one size does not fit all, and it never will.
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Archbishop Chaput creates ‘quasi-parish’ for Traditional Mass
Apr 13, 2018
The parish will be run by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter
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As US mulls Syria airstrikes, Francis calls for peace
Apr 13, 2018
As President Trump considers airstrikes in Syria in response to a chemical attack that killed dozens of people, including women and children, Pope Fra
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Pontifical Commission for Latin America proposes synod on women
Apr 13, 2018
Women should be more involved in decision-making on a parish, diocesan, national and global Church level, participants said
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Young Muslim: Pope Francis, welcome to Algeria
Apr 13, 2018
Unconfirmed rumors of a possible Papals trip to the North African country on the occasion of the beatification of the seven monks of Tibhirine and of the other 12 martyrs of Algeria. The Algerian Foreign Minister says it is possible. Silence from Vatican. The appreciation of a young Algerian because the Pope sows love, peace, tolerance, as opposed to fundamentalist Islamic preachers, who preach hate.
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Jakarta Archbishop’s Easter message focuses on threats to unity
Apr 13, 2018
Money, power and prestige have become serious challenges to national unity in Indonesia, according to Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo of Jakarta.
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Pope expresses solidarity with Algerian nation after Boufakir air disaster
Apr 13, 2018
Pope Francis expressed his "closeness" to the "Algerian nation" struck "by mourning" following yesterday morning’s plane crash which claimed 257 lives.
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Billy goat cloned for mass cashmere production
Apr 13, 2018
The world’s first cloned billy goat has fathered more than a dozen kids in northern China with several more on the way.
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First woman to head Jesuit agency takes on refugee crisis
Apr 13, 2018
As a young student studying social work at the University of Iowa, Joan Rosenhauer dedicated her spare time to community organising, and was pleasantl
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Asia Bibi’s Good Friday, “I forgive those who have hurt me”
Apr 13, 2018
“Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing,”: it is this invocation which she repeats continuously.
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD