Global Church News
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Catastrophe ahead? UN halts Syrian refugee food program
Dec 04, 2014
With winter approaching, Congress must act to help Syrian refugees whose basic needs are threatened by the U.N. suspension of an urgent food assistance program, said a leading Catholic humanitarian agency.
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Church 'crucial' to fighting AIDS; US must keep funding
Dec 02, 2014
The Church’s involvement in fighting AIDS is crucial and it must keep receiving funding from the U.S. for the number of infections to drop, said a health expert with Catholic Relief Services on World AIDS Day.
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Newly appointed Australian bishop joins himself to his peoples' joys, griefs
Dec 02, 2014
Bishop Peter Comensoli, a former auxiliary of the Sydney archdiocese, has been appointed Bishop of Broken Bay and said he is both humbled and excited at the prospect of shepherding his new local Church.
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Jerusalem victims had a name, a family, a story, priest recalls
Nov 20, 2014
For one Jerusalem priest, the “horrific” killings at a Jerusalem synagogue show the need to humanize the victims of violence, in order to advance peace between Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy City.
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You are my legacy, Cardinal George tells Chicago at final Mass
Nov 18, 2014
Cardinal Francis George celebrated his last public Mass as Archbishop of Chicago on Sunday.
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Religious freedom battle 'daunting,' but bishops urged to persist
Nov 13, 2014
The leader of the U.S. bishops’ religious freedom committee encouraged his fellow bishops not to lose heart, but to place their trust in God, in the ongoing battle for religious liberty.
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Cardinal Scola: Universities can play crucial role in family synod
Nov 11, 2014
Cardinal Angelo Scola holds that pontifical universities are the ideal place where issues at stake in the Synod of Bishops – which will discuss families next autumn – can be more deeply understood and developed.
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A quiet threat: Religious freedom dwindling in Europe, US
Nov 05, 2014
Religious freedom is at risk in Europe and has been increasingly suppressed in the United States over the course of the past year, according to a new report.
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Letter from Archbishop of Mosul: Thank you for your aid, supporting the plight of refugees
Oct 29, 2014
A lack of food, warm clothes, blankets, shelter, medicine: This is the picture of the pain faced by the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees who fled from Mosul and surrounding villages, who managed to escape in Kurdistan.
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Want to prevent threats like ISIS? Religious freedom key, official says
Oct 28, 2014
Promoting religious freedom abroad is vital for U.S. national security interests in preventing the rise of threats such as ISIS, said the chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on Monday.



Sunday Reflection
Jesus calls us to be courageous and embrace risks
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Andrew Kooi
