Global Church News
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We are “called to promote tolerance and solidarity”
Aug 12, 2017
The 7th edition of Asian Youth Day (AYD) in Yogyakarta, Diocese of Semarang (Java Island), has a strong inter-faith connotation, underlined by the theme of the event, ‘Joyful Asian Youth! Living the Gospel in Multicultural Asia’.
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Indonesian Church ordains 18 new priests
Aug 12, 2017
Mgr Aloysius Sudarso led the ceremony in the presence of some 5,000 worshippers, hundreds of priests and many senior local government officials.
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Asian Youth Day helps young people deepen their faith
Aug 12, 2017
Trips to historical sites give youths insight into how cultural differences can act as a vehicle to achieving unity
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Mexico is the most violent Latin American country for priests
Aug 12, 2017
“This year, 2017 specifically, has been disastrous for the priesthood in Mexico,” the Catholic Multimedia Center reported.
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Centenary of Romero's birth celebrated in Southwark
Aug 12, 2017
In the London diocese of Southwark a Mass will be celebrated at St George's Cathedral on August 12th, while an ecumenical evensong will be held in Wes
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Aleppo's Melkite Archbishop looks to rebuild city from the ashes
Aug 12, 2017
Archbishop Jeanbart addressed Knights from all over the world at the organization’s 135th Supreme Convention in St. Louis.
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Asian Youth Day festivities launched in Yogyakarta
Aug 12, 2017
Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario of Dhaka, chairman of the Office of Laity and Family of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference, officially launched the 7th Asian Youth Day (AYD) festivities in Yogyakarta on Aug. 2.
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More than half of India’s languages may die out in 50 years
Aug 12, 2017
More than half of the languages spoken by India’s 1.3 billion people may die out over the next 50 years, scholars said in calling for a concerted effort to preserve the tongues spoken by the nation’s endangered tribal communities.
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Sr. Ruth Pfau, Pakistan’s ‘Mother Teresa’ passes away
Aug 11, 2017
"Pfau may have been born in Germany, her heart was always in Pakistan," Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said in a statement.
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Cardinal Parolin says urgency of peace a key reason for Russia trip
Aug 11, 2017
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has said he will be going to Russia Aug. 20-24 largely out of a desire to promote peace both there
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