Global Church News
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British nun granted Taiwanese citizenship for education efforts
Sep 25, 2017
For 40 plus years Sister Ellen Mary Elizabeth Mylod dedicated her life to teaching English to Taiwan's young
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Churches show force in biggest rally under Duterte
Sep 25, 2017
While professing different religious beliefs, thousands of members of various churches raised their fists and echoed a cry against tyranny during the
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For Priest in Ashgabat, the Asian Games are an opportunity for prayer and meeting between peoples
Sep 25, 2017
Athletes have been provided with prayer space, for Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, and other religions. Turkmenistan "chose the path of positive neutrality.”
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My cousin the martyr: Meet Blessed Stanley Rother's large family
Sep 24, 2017
Fr. Stanley was born in 1935, and grew up with his parents and four siblings in the rural farming town of Okarche, Okla.
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Faithful martyr and missionary Father Stanley Rother beatified in Oklahoma
Sep 24, 2017
Father Stanley Rother's feast day is set for the anniversary of his death, July 28, 1981, which the papal letter described as “the day of his heavenly birth.”
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Vatican officials offer eulogies for former Taiwan Archbishop
Sep 23, 2017
Archbishop Matthew Kia Yen-wen headed Taipei Archdiocese from 1978 until his retirement in 1989
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What's the secret to 70 years of religious life? The Virgin Mary, this nun says
Sep 23, 2017
Sister Crucita has been a member of the Josephine Sisters in Mexico for 70 years. At nearly 100 years old, she says she is happy with her vocation and would not change her decision to give her life to God.
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For the first time in 30 years, Sistine Choir to perform in US
Sep 23, 2017
The Sistine Chapel Choir will perform in the U.S. for the first time in three decades, and will sing compositions that one expert says are an important heritage of the American Church.
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For Mgr Marcuzzo, the attack against St Stephen’s Church in Beit Jimal is a sign of fanaticism
Sep 22, 2017
The Salesian place of worship is located 27 km west of Jerusalem. The attackers caused huge damage, breaking statues and stained glass. The heads of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land condemned the attack. For the Vicar to Jerusalem, the act of vandalism “fits in with the pattern of past incidents”.
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Catholic women's history in Catholic women's hands
Sep 22, 2017
Catholic women's history fades as fast as we make it because few people write about it. Donna Quinn in Chicago Catholic Women: Its Role in Founding the Catholic Women's Movement and Marian Ronan and Mary O'Brien in Women of Vision
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD