Global Church News
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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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Australian court dismisses Cardinal Pell's appeal
Aug 22, 2019
The Supreme Court in Victoria, Australia, has dismissed Cardinal George Pell's appeal, thus upholding the conviction announced in February in the trial of first instance for historical charges of child sexual abuse. The cardinal's lawyers have 28 days to file what would be a final appeal.
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Church commemorates 140th anniversary of Knock apparition
Aug 22, 2019
Wednesday August 21st, marks the 140th anniversary of the Apparition at Knock, in which the Blessed Virgin Mary; St Joseph; Saint John the Baptist; and Christ, as the Lamb of God upon the altar, appeared to townspeople in a small village in western Ireland.
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Pakistan’s religious minorities ask government for protection and rights
Aug 22, 2019
Pakistan’s religious minorities have submitted a 10-point memorandum asking Prime Minister Imran Khan and his government to adopt policies to safeguard the rights of minorities and women.
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Reactions to Australian Court rejection of Cardinal Pell’s appeal
Aug 22, 2019
The local Church in Australia and the Holy See react to the decision of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, on the dismissal of Cardinal George Pell’s appeal.
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Hong Kong student leader: Catholics have an important role in peaceful protests
Aug 22, 2019
As massive protests continue in Hong Kong, one student leader says Catholics have an important role to play in encouraging demonstrators to remain peaceful in asserting their demands.
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Amazon missionary bishop: Synod plans miss the real problems
Aug 22, 2019
A long-time missionary bishop of the Amazon River delta has said that the working document for an upcoming synod of bishops on the region does not address the actual problems faced by the Church in the region.
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Jesuit superior general: Satan is a 'symbolic reality'
Aug 22, 2019
The devil, “exists as the personification of evil in different structures, but not in persons, because is not a person, is a way of acting evil.
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Committee created to promote document on Human Fraternity
Aug 21, 2019
A new higher committee has been established to promote the ideals of tolerance and cooperation contained in the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together.
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Priests welcome and comment on Pope’s Letter to them
Aug 21, 2019
Priests around the world have welcomed the Letter of Pope Francis that he wrote to them earlier in August, on the occasion of the 160th death anniversary of St. John Vianney, the patron of parish priests. They spoke to the Vatican’s newspaper L’Osservatore Romano.
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD