Global Church News
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Archbishop Vigano recounts papal meeting with Kim Davis
Sep 04, 2018
The former nuncio to the US wrote Thursday his account of Pope Francis’ 2015 meeting with Kim Davis, a county clerk who had refused out of conscience to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Call for prayers for missing Chinese Priest
Sep 04, 2018
Father Lu Danhua has not been seen since being taken away eight months ago in Zhejiang province.
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Sri Lanka declares Catholic site sacred
Sep 04, 2018
The Our Lady of Madhu shrine has come to symbolize post-civil war reconciliation.
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Catholic Priest attacked in southern Philippines
Sep 04, 2018
Unidentified men attacked and robbed a Catholic priest in the southern Philippine province of Basilan on Aug. 29.
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Archbishop Chaput to pope: Cancel youth synod, meet about bishops
Sep 04, 2018
Archbishop Charles Chaput is asking Pope Francis to call off the synod of bishops in Rome on the concerns of young people in the church, set for this October.
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One Pakistani family's search for God in the slums
Sep 04, 2018
Urban drift from poor villages sees faithful huddling together for mutual support.
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Pakistani widow helps victims of violence
Sep 04, 2018
Fatima Ali never knew the religious flag atop her house would cause her to lose her family.
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Bartholomew and Kirill, dialogue towards a Ukrainian solution
Sep 03, 2018
The ecumenical patriarch and the patriarch of Moscow met in Constantinople. No final declaration, but appreciation for the climate of "dialogue" and "satisfaction" for the meeting. For the Ukrainian media, Bartholomew placed Kirill in front of the fait accompli: the autonomy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, but headed by Onufrij and not Filaret (of Kiev).
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Archdiocese of Bombay launching “Green Diocese” initiative
Sep 03, 2018
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay has announced that the “Green Diocese” initiative will be flagged off on September 1, the Catholic Church’s World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.
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US halts funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Sep 03, 2018
The United States says it is cutting all funding for the United Nation’s Palestinian refugee agency, despite supplying nearly 30 percent of the total budget for the UNRWA.
Sunday Reflection
Embracing the wisdom of the human heart
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