Global Church News
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Catholic leaders voice concern over Amazon fires
Aug 26, 2019
Catholics groups in the Amazon have expressed concern over the wave of forest fires that have been ravaging the region.
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Indonesian students seek govt OK to fight extremism
Aug 23, 2019
Interfaith group wants Jakarta to lift rules restricting moderate student bodies on 'radical infested' campuses
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Filipino bishop thankful for Muslim solidarity
Aug 23, 2019
A Catholic bishop in the northern Philippines has expressed his gratitude to Muslim residents who offered to guard churches following reported terrorist threats on Christian places of worship.
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Lay people’s TV channel makes a mark in Goa
Aug 23, 2019
When Robin D’Souza and friends thought of beginning a cable TV channel in Goa to promote Gospel values, it seemed an impossible dream at first.
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WHO: No risk from microplastics in drinking water
Aug 23, 2019
They are created when artificial materials break down into particles smaller than about 5 millimeters. People have inadvertently swallowed it for decades without any harm. For the UN agency, the priority is bacteria that cause typhoid and cholera: "they cause disease and can kill".
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Cardinal Coutts on Minorities Day: “Treat us like citizens of Pakistan, equal to others”
Aug 23, 2019
“The founder of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah in his historic speech of August 11, 1947 assured us that people of faith other than Islam would be citizens of Pakistan, with equal rights and duties.
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Young people work for peace at World Youth Parliament
Aug 23, 2019
Young people from around the world take part in the 5th World Youth Parliament, hosted at the Pontifical University of Salamanca, in Spain.
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Some 80,000 Catholics visited La Vang shrine to celebrate the Assumption of Mary
Aug 23, 2019
The number of visitors to the shrine has been steadily increasing over the past few years. In his homily, Archbishop Nguyên Chi Linh expressed his des
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Cardinal Bo: Reflections from the Asian Periphery
Aug 23, 2019
The Archbishop of Yangon released a letter in which he expresses "the deep concerns of the Church about the challenges facing the people of Myanmar”,
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Church must be prudent judging Medjugorje apparitions
Aug 23, 2019
Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, is a place of prayer, conversion and pilgrimage for millions of people, but the Church must be prudent and not rush to any judgment on the alleged Marian apparitions there, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation.
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD