Global Church News
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Christmas in Chad: How to proclaim Christ to Muslims
Dec 22, 2016
The birth of Jesus in a suburban parish in the Chadian capital of Ndjamena shows the sheer joy Christians unleash in song, dance, drums and balafons.
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Major religious freedom law might get a Christmas upgrade
Dec 22, 2016
After almost 20 years, a landmark religious freedom bill may finally be getting a big upgrade.
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Indonesian anti-terror squad to provide Christmas security
Dec 22, 2016
The Indonesian police chief has reassured Christians that stringent security measures will be in place during Christmas to ward off possible terror attacks by Muslim hardliners.
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Are these quite possibly the world's happiest nuns?
Dec 22, 2016
The Eucharistic Communicators of the Heavenly Father are a community of nuns from Colombia who have a great passion for music and an intense desire to announce God through the gifts he has given them.
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With songs and dances Aleppo’s population celebrates the end of the fighting
Dec 22, 2016
In recent days about 6 thousand fighters with their families left Aleppo while more than two million civilians remain in the city now under state control.
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Catholic religious in Southeast Asia pledge to fight human trafficking
Dec 22, 2016
Catholic religious in six countries in ASEAN have made a joint declaration against human trafficking.
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After Berlin attack, German Catholics unite in prayer
Dec 21, 2016
In the wake of the terrorist attack on the Berlin Christmas market, Catholics across Germany were uniting to support the Christian community.
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Martyrs from Southeast Asian regimes beatified in Laos
Dec 21, 2016
Catholic martyrs of various nationalities have been beatified in Laos, in the first such gesture toward communist regime victims in south-east Asia.
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Child injured in Egypt church attack dies
Dec 21, 2016
Egypt’s state news agency says a 10-year-old girl who was critically wounded in the suicide bombing at a Cairo church earlier this month, has died of her wounds.
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Pope sends condolences to family of murdered Russian ambassador
Dec 21, 2016
Pope Francis has sent his condolences to the family of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey who was shot dead by an assassin on Monday.



Sunday Reflection
Finishing unfinished business
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Michael Chua
