Global Church News

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  From Hong Kong to Cambodia, the first married couple goes on mission

  Jun 29, 2016

  Jonathan Yim Chi-ngai and Katherine Cheung Yu were commissioned to go to Cambodia with the Hong Kong Catholic Lay Missionary Association.

  
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  Catholics live in in fear in Bonpara after Sunil Gomes’s murder

  Jun 29, 2016

  Bonpara is a village in Natore District, in the Diocese of Rajshahi. Since the death of Sunil Gomes, a 71-year-old man Catholic grocer who was murdered two weeks ago by unknown attackers, local Catholics live in fear.

  
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  Bishop who initiated Mother Teresa's canonization passes away

  Jun 28, 2016

  Retired Archbishop Henry Sebastian D'Souza of Calcutta who initiated the process for the canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa has passed away aged 90

  
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  Let’s make sure the Somme anniversary has a religious resonance

  Jun 28, 2016

  July 1 marks the 100th anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army

  
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  Francis’s visit and the mission entrusted to the Armenian people

  Jun 28, 2016

  The pope did not waver from calling evil by its name, recognising the right of the Armenian people to remember. However, remembrance can no longer be an end in itself; it must become the vocation of the Armenian people and Diaspora.

  
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  Former Holy Land ‘custos’ named Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem

  Jun 28, 2016

  Pope Francis has appointed Franciscan Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa to replace Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem

  
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  Miami Archbishop faults rush to blame Catholicism for Orlando shooting

  Jun 28, 2016

  “Christians who support traditional marriage did not kill 49 people. Omar Mateen did,” Archbishop Wenski said in a June 19 homily.

  
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  Orthodox leaders affirm unity as historic meeting closes

  Jun 28, 2016

  The leaders said they hoped the Pan-Orthodox Council would become a regular event, taking place 'every seven to 10 years'

  
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  These photos of a dying nun went viral – and here's why

  Jun 28, 2016

  Pictures of a young Argentinian nun – smiling and serene though dying from a devastating battle with cancer – have erupted on social media, with thousands sharing the images and heartfelt prayers.

  
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  Mgr Leopoldo Girelli : "I met the true faith" of Vietnamese Christians

  Jun 28, 2016

  Since January 2011, the non-resident papal representative has visited each of Vietnam’s 26 dioceses at least twice. The prelate highlighted the work of bishops, priests, religious and laity. He met with Communist authorities and paid attention to the poor and marginalised. He stressed the importance of seminars in the training of future priests.