Global Church News
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In China, government-appointed bishops support Xi, Vatican-China deal
Mar 14, 2018
Government-backed bishops have spoken out publicly in support of the Vatican-China deal in a Chinese media interview at the Chinese Communist Party’s annual meetings this week.
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Pope Francis appoints a new Bishop for Kabankalan, Philippines
Mar 13, 2018
Msgr Louie Patalinghug Galbines has been appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Kabankalan.
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Saint's vision honored at Philippine gathering
Mar 13, 2018
Religious of the Assumption congregation holds two-week event to promote 'transformative education'
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New Apostolic administrator appointed in Vietnam
Mar 13, 2018
Bishop Hung takes over in Ho Chi Minh City Archdiocese following the sudden death in Rome of Archbishop Doc
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Chinese delegation attends Vatican meeting
Mar 13, 2018
The Global Times gave the news of the participation of a group of Chinese scholars in a meeting on organ trafficking, adding that this "also creates a good impulse to expand contacts beyond the health sector towards cultural and other social areas ".
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Pope Francis sends condolences for death of controversial German cardinal
Mar 13, 2018
On Monday Pope Francis sent condolences for the death of Cardinal Karl Lehmann, the retired archbishop of Mainz, Germany, who died March 11.
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What a new TV show gets wrong about ‘living biblically’
Mar 13, 2018
These biblical commandments probably sound familiar: Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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Good Friday collection will aid Christians in Middle East
Mar 13, 2018
As the Vatican’s annual Good Friday Collection approaches, the head of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches has encouraged people to take pilgrimages to the Holy Land, in addition to supporting the local Christian communities through prayer and monetary assistance.
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Nigerian nuns take action against violent conflict within country
Mar 13, 2018
With widespread violence plaguing Nigeria, Catholic religious sisters in the country have united in the name of peace to counter the mounting conflict
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Cardinal Lehmann, former German Bishops’ conference head, dies aged 81
Mar 12, 2018
The cardinal headed the German Church for 20 years
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