Global Church News
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El Salvador lays to rest another priest presumably assassinated by gangs
May 22, 2019
Thousands attended the May 20 funeral of a Salvadoran priest found by his parishioners in what some presume is a gang killing.
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Former Jerusalem patriarch: Time to move away from war
May 22, 2019
Appealing to Israel and the United States, Archbishop Michel Sabbah, retired Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, said it was time to move away from war.
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Christian graves desecrated in Pakistan
May 22, 2019
Catechist says the hate crime has shocked the faithful of St. Anthony's Parish outside of Lahore.
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Card Sako writes to the US and Iran, saying no to war, yes to dialogue to solve the crisis
May 22, 2019
With rising tensions in the background, the Chaldean primate writes to US and Iranian embassies in Baghdad, stressing the consequences of "another cat
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CERAO-RECOWA: The Church in Africa must welcome, protect, promote and integrate
May 21, 2019
Nigerian Jesuit priest, Fr. Ikechi Ikena of the Holy See’s Migration and Refugees Section at the Dicastery for Integral Human Development has invited West African Bishops to arm themselves, in the pastoral care of migrants and displaced persons, with the four action verbs of Pope Francis, which are: “To welcome, to protect, to promote and to integrate.”
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Bombed St. Anthony’s Shrine of Sri Lanka feels closeness of Universal Church
May 21, 2019
Father Jude Raj Fernando, the Rector of St. Anthony’s Shrine Kochikade in Colombo spoke to Vatican News about the mood among Catholics nearly a month after the suicide bomb attacks of Easter Sunday.
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Irish Bishops plead for ‘informed voting’ in EU elections
May 21, 2019
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ireland releases a statement ahead of European elections this week, reminding voters of the EU’s Christian heritage.
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French bishops’ conference to hear testimonies from children of priests
May 21, 2019
French bishops will meet with the children of priests in June to hear their testimonies of hidden suffering.
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South Sudan president: I was ‘almost trembling’ as Pope Francis begged me to make peace
May 21, 2019
In an unprecedented gesture last month, Pope Francis kissed the feet of several South Sudanese leaders, who were visiting the Vatican for a retreat, in a plea for peace in the country.
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Bangladesh Church and laity to work together for child protection
May 21, 2019
The country has no specific child protection laws. Activists and Church leaders met to develop a policy that could serve as a model for Christian organisations as well as wider society. NGO World Vision reports that 82 per cent of all children in the country are abused. For a nun, the lack of proper food and leisure time are “a form of violence".
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD