Global Church News
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Meet the Papal Ninja who's taking a hit TV show by storm
Jun 09, 2016
Two minutes and thirty seconds is all it took for Sean Bryan to complete the Los Angeles qualifier round of American Ninja Warrior.
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Lahore: Caritas teaching Christian women to read and write
Jun 09, 2016
Free courses are part of a project launched in 2014. Since then, at least 175 students have completed the six-month programme, which is offered in five locations in the city’s slums. Education means helping “female leaders to think about the development of the community."
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Divisions and conflicts between Churches jeopardise Pan-Orthodox Synod in Crete
Jun 09, 2016
Antioch wants to postpone the meeting due to disagreements with Jerusalem. The Bulgarian and Georgian Churches might boycott it. Contentious issues include marriage, relations between the Orthodox Church and the contemporary world, and relations with other Christian confessions. Bartolomeo 1st is making an effort towards unity.
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Fr Francis Harjawijata, the first Indonesian Trappist abbot, has died
Jun 09, 2016
The first Indonesian-born Trappist abbot, Fr Francis "Frans" Harjawijata, has died at the age of 85. For 28 years, he headed the St Mary monastery in Rawaseneng, Temanggung district.
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As Turkey’s Armenians live in fear after Germany’s genocide resolution, Armenian prelate expresses "solidarity" towards Erdogan
Jun 09, 2016
The decision by the German parliament to recognise the Armenian genocide and Germany’s role in it has sparked a row in Turkey and elsewhere.
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New cathedral consecrated in South Korea
Jun 09, 2016
South Korea's Daegu Archdiocese has consecrated Beomeo Cathedral, a new cathedral on May 22.
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Pope Francis joins Lecrae, Hillsong at historic 1 million-strong 'Together 2016' DC event
Jun 08, 2016
Evangelical leaders are calling on 1 million Christians to gather together in the nation's capital next month for prayer and worship at a historic event called "Together 2016."
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Cardinal Dziwisz: ‘This will be the world youth day of mercy’
Jun 08, 2016
Ahead of World Youth Day 2016, July 26-31, in Krakow, Poland, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz says this will be the World Youth Day “of Mercy.”
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Holy Sepulchre’s aedicule undergoes restoration in Jerusalem
Jun 08, 2016
After 200 years and many mutual vetoes from the Churches in charge, experts have begun restoring the Holy Sepulchre.
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Bangladesh, Hindu priest beheaded: Christian community living in fear
Jun 08, 2016
Tuesday morning Bangladesh police found the lifeless body of Gupal Ganguli, the Hindu priest of the Noldanga temple, in Jhenaidah district
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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.
