Global Church News
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The Lebanese saint who unites Christians and Muslims
Jan 11, 2019
St. Charbel Makhlouf is known in Lebanon for the miraculous healings of those who visit his tomb to seek his intercession – both Christians and Muslims.
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No justice for slain Christian journalist ten years after his murder
Jan 11, 2019
In 2009, Lasantha Wickremetunge, chief editor of the Sunday Leader newspaper, was killed in the middle of the day on his way to work. He had criticised former president Mahinda Rajapaska. To cover up the case, four people have been killed.
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Tradition and spirituality grace Bangladesh at Christmas
Jan 11, 2019
Christmas is a time of relaxation and joy for Susmita Ruga, a Catholic from the Garo tribe of predominantly indigenous Mymensingh Diocese in northeast Bangladesh.
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Cardinal Bo mourns death of Asian liberation theology’s “giant”
Jan 11, 2019
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, head of the Catholic Church in Asia, on January 2 mourned the death of Jesuit Fr Samuel Rayan, hailing him as the “giant” o
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What is it like to be a missionary in Mongolia?
Jan 11, 2019
When Francisco Javier Olivera was born, his mother offered him to the Virgin Mary, praying that he would become a missionary in Asia.
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Chaldean Priest: A New Year of rebirth for Mosul
Jan 11, 2019
Fr. Paul describes Christmas celebrations in the former stronghold of the Islamic State. Liturgies on the Nineveh plain "crowded and vibrant". A new Archbishop in Mosul to rebuild the community, on a pastoral and social level. Christians and Muslims against obscurantism, ask for "dialogue and modernity".
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Al-Azhar’s grand imam visits Coptic pope to offer Christmas tidings
Jan 11, 2019
Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb paid a visit on Wednesday, Jan 2 to the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo to offer tidings to Pope Tawadros II on the occasion of the Coptic Orthodox Christmas on January 7.
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Cardinal Tagle at Black Nazarene celebration: Be a devotee, not a fanatic
Jan 11, 2019
Cardinal Luis Tagle of Manila told pilgrims at a popular annual procession in the Philippines to take caution against becoming “fanatics,” stressing that true devotion is about how one lives one's whole life, not a single day.
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Film about the 'Great Evangelisers': Mother Teresa, Sr Rani Maria, Fr Constant Lievens
Jan 11, 2019
The documentary was screened at the Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of Latin Rite in Chennai. It presents the testimonies of those who met the evangelisers in person. Sr Rani Maria gave us "a purpose in life". Mother Teresa inspired the painter Ritu Singh.
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Three million join “women’s wall” in Kerala to uphold gender equality
Jan 11, 2019
Hundreds of thousands of women lined up from one end of Kerala to the other to form a women’s wall on January 1 to uphold gender equality and renaissance values.
Sunday Reflection
From mere productivity to wholehearted fruitfulness
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with the Editor