Global Church News
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Meet the monks who spend their lives praying for Ireland's priests
Oct 24, 2017
Prayer, reparation, and praising God are the focus of a new Benedictine priory in Ireland, which focuses especially on reparation for the sins of prie
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Filipinos turn to French saint to ward off disasters
Oct 23, 2017
Images of a French saint will be submerged in waters off the coast of the central Philippines on Nov. 8 to mark the anniversary when Super Typhoon Hai
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Philippine Catholics fear silencing of 54 radio stations
Oct 23, 2017
The Philippines House of Representatives has failed to renew the license of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to operate dozens of radio stations across the country.
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Bangladesh remembers prominent Italian Missionary Priest
Oct 23, 2017
Bangladeshis are mourning the death of an Italian-born missionary priest who played a role in the country’s independence struggle, not least by helpin
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Burma's Cardinal: 'The Pope will come to heal the wounds of the country'
Oct 22, 2017
Pope Francis’ trip to Burma will help heal the wounds of his country, especially for minorities under attack, the nation's sole cardinal maintains.
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Catechesis must encounter the disabled with love, Archbishop says
Oct 22, 2017
The Church must learn “how to encounter disabled people today, how to allow them to have an encounter with Christ in the silence of their own interior and in the signs that indicate his presence in brothers; how to foster their commitment to witness and to be protagonists in the community as catechists, and therefore believers who transmit the faith, living it and teaching it,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella said Friday.
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Indonesia hosts first conference for Asian religion journalists
Oct 21, 2017
More than 70 journalists from 14 Asian countries will attend a conference in Indonesia Oct. 17-19 in a bid to improve coverage of stories involving often-sensitive religious issues.
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St. John Paul II's legacy lives on through new study abroad program
Oct 20, 2017
Near the heart of Krakow, Poland, you can find a two-level basilica which houses all things related to the beloved St. John Paul II.
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Christian Conference of Asia marked 60 years
Oct 20, 2017
More than 6,000 people, including 600 delegates who attended the Asia Mission Conference joined the Thanksgiving Service and the Diamond Jubilee commemorative public meeting held at the Franc Auditorium of the Baptist Church.
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‘No science’ behind transgender therapy for kids, doctors warn
Oct 20, 2017
Children who struggle to match their gender identity with their biological sex should not be pushed into transgender therapies, but given treatments that help treat the underlying cause of the dysphoria, said doctors in the field.
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