Global Church News
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Make migration a free choice
Sep 22, 2023
In his message for the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Francis recognised the migratory flows of our times as “the expression of a complex and varied phenomenon” that requires analysis of the different stages, including the departure, arrival, and the possibility of returning to one’
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Nuncio to Thai bishops: ‘Build bridges of understanding’
Sep 22, 2023
The Apostolic Nuncio in Thailand urged Catholic bishops to actively engage in interfaith dialogue to foster understanding and cooperation among different religions.
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Free dental care for Rome’s poor
Sep 22, 2023
In a commendable initiative aimed at providing dental care to the underprivileged in Rome, a memorandum of understanding was signed at the Vatican on September 7.
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New leadership at La Civiltà Cattolica
Sep 22, 2023
Pope Francis has described La Civiltà Cattolica, the Italian Jesuit journal founded in 1850, as “one-of-a-kind” that has lived through “an extremely complex and eventful epoch in the life of the world.”
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New academic year begins for seminaries in China
Sep 22, 2023
Seminaries in mainland China are currently celebrating the beginning of the new academic year in various ways.
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Life is good, life is hard: Christianity’s saving paradox
Sep 22, 2023
He said to expect the cross — not once in a while, not in certain seasons of our life, but daily.
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Cardinal Parolin: May Europe unite in face of Mediterranean challenges
Sep 22, 2023
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin offers Vatican Media his thoughts on the significance of Pope Francis’ visit to Marseille at the conclusion of the "Mediterranean Meetings", calling it an opportunity to promote a spirit of cohesion among European nations, particularly on the issue of migration.
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Synod to include pilgrimage for participants, prayer for migrants and refugees
Sep 22, 2023
At a press conference on Thursday confirming details about participation in the Synod and the schedule for the General Assembly, synod organizers revealed plans for a pilgrimage for participants and for a special evening of prayer for migrants and refugees.
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Cardinal Lopez Romero: Pope visits Marseilles to build peace without borders
Sep 21, 2023
As Marseille awaits the arrival of Pope Francis for the Mediterranean Meetings, the Cardinal Archbishop of Rabat shares his hopes for the work of the ecumenical gathering which is seeking to unite peoples in peace.
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Lessons from Pope John: Vatican hosts conference on Pacem in Terris
Sep 21, 2023
At a conference held in the Vatican to mark sixty years since the publication of Pope John XXIII’s encyclical Pacem in Terris, experts discuss the struggle for “a world in which war does not does not take place.”
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Sunday Reflection
God is not like us
God is beyond us. That is what the readings point to this weekend. The fact that God is a mystery and beyond our thinking is not something that should frustrate or disappoint us but, rather, it should be a source of our hope and the ground that we walk on as Christians.
