Global Church News
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Ramadan a chance for interfaith unity through Iftar meals
Jun 20, 2017
Pakistani Christians respect Muslim holy month to help dispel myths
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June 20, World Refugee Day: An opportunity to grow together
Jun 20, 2017
At a time in history in which an unprecedented 65,5 million people around the world have been forced from home, we are witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record.
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The 'Fatherhood of a Priest'
Jun 20, 2017
Instead of forming a family, a priest forms and leads a Christian community
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London cardinal 'appalled' by Finsbury Park attack on Muslims
Jun 20, 2017
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has offered prayers for the victims of a terror attack in north London that targeted worshippers outside a mosque in the early hours of Monday.
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In Bali, 181 children receive their First Communion on Corpus Domini
Jun 20, 2017
The Mass saw the participation of the whole community. For Fr Herman Yoseph Babey, parish priest in Denpasar, “the life of our children is no longer for themselves, but it is ready to be shared and lived in the service of others.”
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Archbishop Arshad: The Eucharist 'source and summit' of the life and mission of the Church
Jun 20, 2017
The bishop of Faisalabad celebrates Corpus Christi. 2018 will be the Year of the Eucharist in Pakistan. "Let's become one with Jesus when we receive Communion." The Eucharist is "the expression of our call to share the divine life as individuals and as community into the full purpose of our being – living forever within the divine majesty."
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Cardinal Zenari: Signs of "improvement" in Syria but Christians continue to suffer
Jun 20, 2017
In Aleppo, up to two-thirds of the Christian population has left the city, about half has left the rest of the country. Jobs must be provided for those who remain, education to their children, and "spiritual support" so that they can continue the mission of "bearing witnesses to Christ" in a Muslim-majority country. Next week, the cardinal will meet with the pope.
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SHC celebrates Corpus Christi with candlelight procession
Jun 19, 2017
Sacred Heart Cathedral here celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) with a candlelight procession on 17 June 2017.
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New Hampshire Diocese becomes latest to restore order of sacraments
Jun 19, 2017
In the name of raising up lifelong disciples of Jesus Christ, another U.S. Latin-rite diocese has decided to restore confirmation to its traditional place before first Holy Communion.
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How Eucharistic miracles show Christ’s blood type
Jun 19, 2017
Scientific testing on a wide variety of Eucharistic miracles consistently shows human flesh with blood group AB
Sunday Reflection
From mere productivity to wholehearted fruitfulness
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