Global Church News
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Richard Gere screens film on homelessness at Sant'Egidio
Jun 11, 2016
Actor Richard Gere attended a screening of his new film Time Out Of Mind at a soup kitchen in Rome affiliated with the Sant'Egidio community.
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Bishop urges Catholics to affirm truths ‘undermined’ in Amoris Laetitia
Jun 10, 2016
Bishop Schneider said the document might lead to widespread confusion over doctrine and the sacraments
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The bishop who brought the Church in the east of England to life
Jun 10, 2016
The Diocese of Northampton was dismissed as the 'dead diocese' until the arrival of Bishop Arthur Riddell
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Indian Jesuits offer online theology courses for Catholics in Malaysia
Jun 10, 2016
The Jesuit-run Vidyajyoti College of Theology in Delhi opened an overseas regional centre in Kuala Lumpur to offer distance education.
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Vietnam Caritas providing medical care and education to AIDS patients
Jun 10, 2016
HIV/AIDS is an emergency in many parts of Vietnam and victims are often forced to live on the margins of society.
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Young nuns? It's a trend
Jun 10, 2016
There is a young and vital presence of religious sisters, novices and postulants in U.S. Catholic life, a new survey has found.
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Cloistered nun receives PhD in aerospace engineering
Jun 10, 2016
Sr. Benedicta had decided to join the religious order post the completion of her PhD.
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With assisted suicide legal, LA archbishop calls for end of life care
Jun 10, 2016
Assisted suicide will change California for the worse, Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles said on Wednesday, adding that Catholics and others must take action to show they will care for the ailing, not aid in killing them.
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As Ramadan begins, Chaldean patriarch prays for Iraqi Muslims
Jun 10, 2016
Iraqi Muslims celebrating Ramadan will have the prayers of Chaldean Catholics, Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako of Babylon has said.
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Christians to boost security after Lahore church attack
Jun 10, 2016
Christians in Lahore are ramping up security measures following a recent shooting at a Catholic church in the Punjab capital.
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Sunday Reflection
Purify and preserve His teachings
Jesus, in today’s Gospel, uses some images to describe what His disciples are like. The first image is that of salt. As we know, good salt is very pure so one of its functions is to purify.
