Global Church News
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Pope’s conversation with Jesuits during his trip to Poland
Aug 26, 2016
Fr. Thomas Rosica, assistant to the Vatican press office, has provided this working translation of the full Italian conversation of Pope Francis and a Jesuit group in Poland
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I can only think of our nuns’: Italian Bishop criticises burkini ban
Aug 26, 2016
Secretary-general of the bishops' conference points out that nuns and 'peasant grandmothers' stay covered up at the beach too
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As journalists get attacked, media workers in Pakistan ask for more protection
Aug 26, 2016
Several journalists and activists gathered yesterday at the Lahore Press Club to demand greater protection for media workers in war zones.
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Nuns cannot wear their habits on our beaches, says deputy mayor of Cannes
Aug 26, 2016
The deputy mayor of Cannes said that both habits and burkinis were banned on local beaches in an interview yesterday on Radio 4
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Graces and "miracles" by the intercession of Brother Felice, "God's blacksmith"
Aug 26, 2016
In Myanmar, with his faith and strength, he built hospitals, churches, bridges, convents and orphanages. Since his death as miracles occur, evidence is being collected for the cause of his beatification.
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'Hello, My name is Mother Teresa, I just wanted to give you my card'
Aug 26, 2016
A woman stood by herself in the back of an airport lounge, flipping distractedly through a magazine while she waited for her flight. Suddenly, she was approached by a 5’0” woman in a blue and white sari.
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Msgr. Ma Daqin: We must learn from Matteo Ricci
Aug 26, 2016
A new article by the auxiliary bishop of Shanghai after his "U-turn" on the role of the Patriotic Association. The prelate emphasizes the work of the great Jesuit missionary, who married the Chinese "Classics" with the Gospel. Today we must proclaim the faith with commitment "without interfering in politics”.
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Two nuns found murdered at their home in Mississippi
Aug 26, 2016
Two religious sisters were found murdered in their Mississippi home today, according to police.
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For Card Gracias, the victims of Kandhamal can be raised on the altar of martyrs
Aug 26, 2016
The archbishop of Mumbai issued a message for the memorial day on 30 August. This year the fiercest anti-Christian violence by Hindu radicals will be commemorated. "May their blood suffering bring many fruits to the Church in Odisha”.
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Muslims and Christians: Education and mutual knowledge to end hatred
Aug 26, 2016
Suhadi Cholil, a professor with the State Islamic University in Yogyakarta, called on state schools to teach students about religions other their own.



Sunday Reflection
God is not like us
God is beyond us. That is what the readings point to this weekend. The fact that God is a mystery and beyond our thinking is not something that should frustrate or disappoint us but, rather, it should be a source of our hope and the ground that we walk on as Christians.
