Global Church News
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Bishop of Pune: The new shrine to St. Anthony,
May 27, 2016
The diocese of Pune in Maharashtra State, has completed the construction of the new shrine dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua, which will be inaugurated on May 29.
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Philippine Churches, citizens brace for Duterte presidency
May 26, 2016
Outgoing Philippine President Benigno Aquino tagged him a local Hitler.
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No, we didn’t hide money, Minnesota archdiocese says of abuse settlement
May 26, 2016
The Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis says his archdiocese has followed the law in its bankruptcy process, responding to claims by abuse victims that some assets were not made public.
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Vatican official celebrates prayer day for China church
May 26, 2016
A top Vatican official has for the first time attended the Hong Kong observance of the World Prayer Day for the Catholic Church in China.
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China’s Catholics increasingly embrace cyberreligion
May 26, 2016
The Internet in China currently plays a role in the lives of nearly 700 million people, and for some of them, it is used for religious purposes.
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Vatican confirms World Meeting of Families to take place in Dublin in August 2018
May 26, 2016
The 2018 World Meeting of Families in Ireland is part of a broad programme of renewal of the Church’s pastoral care for all families, said Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin.
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Burmese cardinal thanks Western Christians for support during oppression
May 26, 2016
Burma’s first cardinal has thanked the Christians of the West for helping to bring democracy to his country.
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Previously unreleased writings by Mother Teresa to be published in August
May 26, 2016
A collection of previously unreleased writings by Mother Teresa will be published in August, weeks before the late Nobel Peace Prize winner is to be canonised.
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Fifty years since the Cultural Revolution
May 26, 2016
When the grandfather of Sima Hui, the pen name of a Catholic priest in Shaanxi, worked as a doctor in the 1960s, two Red Guards would stand outside t
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This priest in Cameroon evangelizes through soccer
May 26, 2016
Father William Cañón is a Colombian missionary in Cameroon who transforms into a soccer coach every Sunday, helping to bring joy to some 60 local children through sport and camaraderie.
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What is our response to God’s call?
The Word of God is His communication in love with His children aimed to establish a relationship of love with them. By creating all human beings in His own image God desired to strike this love relationship with them. God has been faithful to this relationship of love down through the ages of human
