Global Church News
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After a life for others, Japanese refugee advocate dies at 96
Jul 27, 2017
Michiko Inukai was also a Catholic author and the granddaughter of an assassinated prime minister
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160,000 German Catholics left the Church last year
Jul 27, 2017
The dramatic figures are still an improvement on 2015, when 180,000 left the Church
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WYD Unite event brings together youth from across the nation
Jul 27, 2017
On one of the hottest days of the year, more than 1,300 young people from around the country gathered together for WYD Unite, bringing together alumni of former World Youth Days as well as pilgrims from at least 52 Catholic dioceses around the nations.
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Court to decide if Charlie Gard's parents can take him home
Jul 27, 2017
After ending their legal fight to seek further treatment for their 11-month-old son, the parents of Charlie Gard are now in a dispute with Great Ormond Street Hospital over whether they may take the boy home to live out his final days.
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How can the Church promote peace in the Holy Land?
Jul 27, 2017
As conflict has erupted once again between Israelis and Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the Latin Patriarchal Vicar said that the Catholic Church has a unique role to play in bringing about justice and peace.
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Bishop Paprocki explains Catholic teaching: Repentance is for everyone
Jul 27, 2017
A prominent media priest who criticized Bishop Thomas Paprocki’s restatement of norms regarding church funerals “gets a lot wrong,” the Bishop said in a response noting the importance of repentance for everyone.
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Bomb set off at Mexican Bishops' Conference headquarters
Jul 27, 2017
A prominent media priest who criticized Bishop Thomas Paprocki’s restatement of norms regarding church funerals “gets a lot wrong,” the bishop said in a response noting the importance of repentance for everyone.
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More destroyed Crosses in Goa
Jul 27, 2017
Tuesday night the Caranzalem cemetery was defiled. At least 12 Crosses destroyed near the Chapel of Our Lady of Fatima. The burial site was intact when the Catholic Francis Pereira was arrested. Sajan K George: "Christians are easy targets."
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One year on from the assassination of Fr. Jacques Hamel: What has changed in France
Jul 26, 2017
The unity between Catholic and Muslim communities has been strengthened. But the government's fight against jihadism has many flaws. Overcrowded prisons, unemployment and marginalization are the ingredients for recruitment and radicalization.
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These nuns offer their blindness for the salvation of the world
Jul 26, 2017
This Aug. 15 will mark 90 years since the Sacramentine Sisters of Don Orione were founded to offer something very particular for the salvation of the world: their blindness.
Sunday Reflection
Jesus did not turn away from His mission
Today, Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week, the high point of the Church’s year, climaxing in the Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.