Global Church News
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Vicar of Arabia: Sisters of Mother Teresa killed for religious reasons
Mar 05, 2016
In a dramatic statement, Mgr Paul Hinder, apostolic vicar to Southern Arabia, spoke about this morning’s “religiously-motivated” attack against the convent of the Missionaries of Charity in Aden, in southern Yemen.
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Four sisters dead in attack on Missionaries of Charity home in Yemen
Mar 05, 2016
At least 16 people are dead after two gunmen attacked a Missionaries of Charity convent and nursing home for elderly and disabled persons in Aden, the provisional capital of Yemen, on Friday.
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The ‘Reckless’ mystery of Mercy
Mar 04, 2016
Mercy may seem reckless to us at times. Mercy trusts those who have proven themselves untrustworthy, those who have failed us.
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Satanist ploy fails in Phoenix as city council reinstates prayer
Mar 04, 2016
After a heated debate last month, the decision to replace public prayer with a moment of silence at Phoenix City Council meetings has been reversed.
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Philippine Catholic shrine to go 100 percent green
Mar 04, 2016
Tapping into greener power, a popular Catholic shrine in Manila is taking steps toward becoming the first church in the Philippine capital to be comp
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This 95-year-old priest walked three miles while hearing confessions
Mar 04, 2016
A 95-year-old priest named Friar Roberto walked more than three-and-a-half miles while hearing confessions during a recent “Penitential Walk” in Brazil.
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Pope Francis likely to attend the World Humanitarian Summit
Mar 04, 2016
Pope Francis has been back from Mexico only a week and already his travel organizers are quietly planning his next foreign journey.
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Prophet Muhammad guaranteed religious liberty
Mar 04, 2016
More than one hundred Muslim scholars and intellectuals from over 120 countries, along with leaders from diverse religious groups and nationalities, recently gathered in Marrakesh, Morocco to mark the 1400th Anniversary of the Charter of Medina.
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Cardinal Muller: Can't receive Communion? You can still participate in Church's life
Mar 04, 2016
A focus on the reception of Holy Communion by the divorced-and-remarried misses the larger point of pastoral care: participation in the Church's whole life, Cardinal Gerhard Müller said in an interview on Tuesday.
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Grand Imam of Al-Azhar invited to meet Pope
Mar 04, 2016
A Vatican delegation has visited Al-Azhar University, Egypt’s prestigious Sunni Islamic educational institution, after a chill in relations in recent
Sunday Reflection
God’s Unconditional Love
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Ron Rolheiser OMI