Global Church News
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Celebrating Indian priest’s 84th birthday in jail
May 01, 2021
As Fr Stan Swamy completes 200 days in jail, rights groups demand his release
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Jailed Indian Jesuit moves high court seeking bail
May 01, 2021
An elderly Indian Jesuit priest has approached Bombay High Court seeking his release on bail a month after a special court twice turned down his bail plea.
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Jesuits address migrants’ psychological needs on US-Mexico border
May 01, 2021
Migrants arriving in Ciudad Juárez in recent years have remained stuck in the Mexican border city, unable to claim asylum in the United States and vulnerable to crimes such as kidnapping, robbery and extortion.
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Ignatian family issue statement of commitment to climate justice ahead of COP26
May 01, 2021
The Ignatian family, with its collaborators and partners, comes together in this collective statement, Towards COP26: Advocating for Climate Justice, A Commitment from the Ignatian Family, to change and for change, an awakening at a time of massive global challenges that upended all spheres of human life and activities.
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Fight against Covid: Taipei sends aid to Delhi
May 01, 2021
Taiwan will send oxygen concentrators and other medical aid to India, which is struggling with a dramatic surge in coronavirus infections. Deputy Fore
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Indonesian priest builds faith by examining atheism
May 01, 2021
Fr Simon Petrus Lili Tjahjadi, a 57-year-old lecturer at Jakarta’s Driyarkara School of Philosophy, has been recognized as the first Catholic priest in Indonesia to earn a doctorate in philosophy with a dissertation on modern atheism.
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How churches can respond to the COVID-19 mental health crisis
May 01, 2021
With concerns that suicide rates are rising in communities of color during the pandemic, Catholic mental health workers say the Church can play a key role in response.
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Providence diocese relaxes restrictions at liturgies
May 01, 2021
The Diocese of Providence is transitioning towards “normal liturgical practices” following new public health guidelines from the state of Rhode Island.
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Man takes sledgehammer to Marian mural in Los Angeles archdiocese
May 01, 2021
A masked man bashed a mural of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a sledgehammer last week, at a parish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
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Vatican accused of investing in companies making ‘morning-after pill’
May 01, 2021
An Italian investigative news programme has accused the Vatican’s treasury of investing 20 million euros (around $24 million) in several pharmaceutical companies involved in making the “morningafter pill.”
Sunday Reflection
Embracing the wisdom of the human heart
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr George Vaithynathan