Global Church News

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  Olympic swimming champion will pray the Hail Mary before Rio races

  Aug 04, 2016

  Katie Ledecky has said that she still offers a 'prayer or two' before she competes

  
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  Diocese in Vietnam responds to toxic waste disaster

  Aug 04, 2016

  In the wake of one of biggest environmental disasters in Vietnam's history, the Vinh Diocese is holding a "day for the environment" Aug. 7 to raise awareness about environmental protection.

  
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  Vatican cardinal calls Amoris Laetitia a controversial document

  Aug 04, 2016

  Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation of Bishops, said in Toronto that Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the family, Amoris Laetitia, is a controversial document, but that it has not introduced any change to existing Catholic doctrine.

  
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  Archbishop Lebrun: Father Hamel's death calls us to say 'yes' to God

  Aug 04, 2016

  During Tuesday's funeral Mass for Fr. Jacques Hamel, who was killed last week by Islamic State terrorists, the Archbishop of Rouen said the priest's death urges us to respond to God in our lives.

  
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  Supreme Court: More compensation to Christian victims of Kandhamal

  Aug 04, 2016

  The supreme court ruled that the payment granted previously is inadequate. In 2011 the local government of Kandhamal has allocated 273 thousand euro for reconstruction.

  
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  ‘World is at war — but not a religious war’

  Aug 04, 2016

  Speaking with journalists on his flight to Poland for World Youth Day, Pope Francis agreed that “the world is at war,” but it is a conflict over “interests, money, resources” and ”not a religious war,” BBC News reports.

  
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  Asia-Pacific Jesuits prioritize the environment

  Aug 04, 2016

  The Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific held its biannual meeting of major superiors on the Korean island province of Jeju and pledged to help preserve the earth and its ecology.

  
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  How the Church can help bring peace to Africa

  Aug 03, 2016

  Grassroots movements, local communities, and faith-based organizations – especially the Catholic Church – have an important role to play in building p

  
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  The Catholic Church desperately needs artists

  Aug 03, 2016

  “Man can live without science, he can live without bread, but without beauty he could no longer live, because there would no longer be anything to do to the world. The whole secret is here, the whole of history is here.”

  
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  Dublin archbishop to stop sending seminarians to Maynooth

  Aug 03, 2016

  Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin made the decision after allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour