Global Church News
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Cardinal Nichols: ‘Upsurge in racism following Brexit vote must not be tolerated’
Jun 29, 2016
The Archbishop of Westminster has said 'every leader needs to reflect on our failure to listen' to people following Brexit vote
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Let’s proclaim St Peter loudly and proudly
Jun 29, 2016
In today’s ecumenical climate many seem embarrassed to declare the role of St Peter and the importance of communion with his successors
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Card McCarrick: Impact Investing ‘a great new way to help the poor’
Jun 29, 2016
In an interview with Devin Watkins, Cardinal McCarrick spoke about the delight he experiences in retirement when new ways are found to help the poor.
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He escaped Vietnam on a fishing boat, and now he's a Bishop
Jun 29, 2016
In the 1970s, a teenager boarded a boat to escape the cruelty of war in his homeland of Vietnam. He landed as a refugee in a foreign land.
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Prayers, rubber boots needed in wake of deadly West Virginia floods
Jun 29, 2016
Heavy storms dumped more than nine inches of rain in much of West Virginia last week, with the resulting floods killing at least 25 people and damaging or destroying thousands of homes and businesses.
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California leaders are threatening Catholic colleges again
Jun 29, 2016
A bill that strips longstanding legal protections for religious colleges and universities is underway in the California legislature – and some say it will imperil Catholic education unless changes are made.
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From Hong Kong to Cambodia, the first married couple goes on mission
Jun 29, 2016
Jonathan Yim Chi-ngai and Katherine Cheung Yu were commissioned to go to Cambodia with the Hong Kong Catholic Lay Missionary Association.
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Catholics live in in fear in Bonpara after Sunil Gomes’s murder
Jun 29, 2016
Bonpara is a village in Natore District, in the Diocese of Rajshahi. Since the death of Sunil Gomes, a 71-year-old man Catholic grocer who was murdered two weeks ago by unknown attackers, local Catholics live in fear.
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Bishop who initiated Mother Teresa's canonization passes away
Jun 28, 2016
Retired Archbishop Henry Sebastian D'Souza of Calcutta who initiated the process for the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa has passed away aged 90
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Let’s make sure the Somme anniversary has a religious resonance
Jun 28, 2016
July 1 marks the 100th anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army



Sunday Reflection
Trusting in God: The key to true prosperity
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD
