Global Church News
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As Iraqi Christians await deportation, Bishop points to suffering Body of Christ
Jun 16, 2017
Advocates for Chaldean Christians detained by federal immigration enforcement are in a race against time to halt their deportation back to war-torn Iraq.
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US Bishops vote to make religious freedom committee permanent
Jun 16, 2017
The U.S. Bishops voted on Thursday to make their Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty a permanent committee of the national Bishops’ conference.
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Priest and his three companions were killed for the faith in Iraq
Jun 16, 2017
Priest and his three companions were killed for the faith in Iraq
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Hartford Archdiocese works to guide faithful through parish merger
Jun 16, 2017
Important decisions loom ahead as the Archdiocese of Hartford preps its reorganization plan, a reconstruction and consolidation of parishes throughout much of Connecticut.
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A ‘powerless’ Church in the Philippines
Jun 16, 2017
Lack of political clout or influence should give way to inspiring through the power of the cross and the Spirit
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Al-Azhar admits its first Christian student
Jun 16, 2017
Last month, Cairo’s al-Azhar University officially admitted Abanoub Guirguis Naeem (pictured, in the middle), a student in dental science, for his residency at the Faculty of Dentistry.
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Iranian Catholic priest: ‘terrorists will not succeed in frightening our people’
Jun 16, 2017
Christians and Muslims in Iran will always be united in defending the principles of their faith.
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Christians provide hot meals to Muslim Marawi refugees
Jun 15, 2017
The Catholic Church has organized a community kitchen for internally displaced people who fled the terror attack on Marawi City in Mindanao.
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In honor of St. Nicholas, the great procession of Velikoretskoe
Jun 15, 2017
On Thursday, June 8, one of the largest processions in Russia - indeed a real pilgrimage - was completed, the "Veliko-Peoplesko-Russian, or pan-Russia
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Indonesian fooatball club players score with ‘harmonious’ goal celebration
Jun 15, 2017
They may have different beliefs but that does not stop them from achieving the same goals.
Sunday Reflection
From mere productivity to wholehearted fruitfulness
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with the Editor