Global Church News
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Holy See urges tolerance, inclusivity to combat terrorism against religions
Jun 26, 2019
Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York, on June 24 addressed an event on countering terrorism and other acts of violence against religious believers by fostering a culture of tolerance and inclusivity.
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Ghana: Use Catholic health facility to protect life – Archbishop Kwofie
Jun 26, 2019
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Bonaventure Kwofie, has charged health professionals to use Catholic health facilities to protect the right to life. He was speaking at the opening of a clinic in one of Accra’s most needy locations.
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Suffocating the Chinese Church with "independence", while applauding the China-Vatican agreement
Jun 26, 2019
A document released by the Fujian authorities requires parish priests and religious personnel to ban minors from church and education; to refuse relations with foreign Catholics; to curb any momentum of evangelization. Meanwhile, the "Global Times" celebrates the Vatican Museums Exhibition and some lectures on "Pope Francis" and "friendship" between China and the Vatican. For Beijing, agreements with the Holy See go hand in hand with the suffocation of the Church.
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Archbishop of Kirkuk: ISIS orphans, an emergency that weighs on the future of Iraq
Jun 26, 2019
At least 1500 minors are "trapped" in the country's judicial system. Of these 185 were sentenced to jail for being linked to Daesh. Victims of jihadist brainwashing, they suffer torture or violence in their cells. Bishop Yousif: we need an effort by the international community and answers such as education and schooling. The commitment of the Chaldean Church.
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Kerala, Hindu radicals plant a trident in front of the Cross
Jun 26, 2019
The fundamentalist group accuses the church of St. Mary in Panchalimedu of land expropriation. The cross was placed in 1954 on top of the hill, where the route of the 14 stations of the Via Crucis winds.
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Historic mission bell removed from California college
Jun 26, 2019
A university in California removed a bell last week after a Native American group claimed the historic piece was disrespectful to their heritage.
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'Near twin' of Notre Dame clock found in storage
Jun 26, 2019
A clock nearly identical to the one destroyed in the fire at Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris has been found in storage.
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Bombay Archdiocese loans "Golden Lily" chalice to Orvieto Cathedral for Corpus Christi
Jun 25, 2019
St. Pope Paul VI, who received the chalice as a gift from Italy’s Orvieto Cathedral, donated it to the Archdiocese of Mumbai in 1964.
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Catholic youth group involved in fatal Colorado bus crash
Jun 25, 2019
A charter bus carrying members of a Catholic group from New Mexico crashed Sunday in southern Colorado, killing at least two people including the driver and injuring more than a dozen others.
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Thousands of Catholics pray in Seoul for reconciliation with the North
Jun 25, 2019
The Archdiocese of Seoul organised the event as part of the Day marking the outbreak of the Korean War. Card Yeom emphasised the importance of prayer,
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD