Global Church News
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ITC studies relationship between faith and sacraments
Mar 04, 2020
A new document produced by the International Theological Commission (ITC) reflects on the relationship between the Catholic faith and the sacraments, especially the sacraments of initiation and the sacrament of Matrimony.
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Card.Re against Card. Zen: There is a "profound harmony" between Benedict XVI and Francis on China
Mar 04, 2020
The new dean of the College of Cardinals defends the Provisional Agreement. He allegedly discovered the evidence that Benedict XVI approved this agreement, signed only in September 2018. CHe also criticises Card. Zen, who uses "very serious statements that challenge the Holy Father's pastoral guidance".
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African Jesuit Conference calls for peace in Cameroon
Mar 04, 2020
The Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar speaks up for inclusive dialogue and peace in northwestern Cameroon, amid violent clashes that have killed dozens of people.
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Global Compact on Education event moved to October
Mar 04, 2020
The Congregation for Catholic Education announces that the Global Compact on Education will take place from 11-18 October 2020. The event had originally been scheduled for May 2020.
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Nigerian Priest abducted by gunmen after Sunday Mass
Mar 04, 2020
Another Catholic Priest in Nigeria has been kidnapped by gunmen, according to local media reports.
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Tornado hits historic Nashville church
Mar 04, 2020
An historic Catholic church in the Nashville neighborhood of Germantown was among several buildings seriously damaged by a tornado Tuesday night.
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Chinese Catholics pray outside closed churches in Mindong
Mar 04, 2020
New pictures and video appear to show Catholics praying outside of churches closed by the government in the Diocese of Mindong, China.
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Nicaragua's Father Ernesto Cardenal dies at 95
Mar 03, 2020
Fr. Ernesto Cardenal, a Nicaraguan poet and Marxist liberation theology activist whose priestly faculties were long suspended for his assuming a public office, died Sunday at the age of 95.
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Vasai: 320 adults ask for baptism, this is ‘religious freedom’
Mar 03, 2020
Archbishop Felix Machado celebrated the rite of Christian initiation. The catechumens include many tribals, young people and people with a high level of education. Many false charges of proselytising are made against the Catholic Church. In the diocese, another 50 adults will be baptised on Easter night.
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Detroit parish designated Michigan's third minor basilica
Mar 03, 2020
The Archdiocese of Detroit announced Sunday that Pope Francis has granted the title of minor basilica to Ste. Anne Church in Detroit, one of the longest continuously operating parishes in the country.
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