Global Church News
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Be healers in a hurting world, Catholic Bishops say after shootings
Jul 11, 2016
Amid tensions following two high profile police shootings of African-Americans and the subsequent killing of police in Dallas, Catholic bishops have called on Christians to be a force for healing and compassion in response to hatred and inhumanity.
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As more die, Patriarch Sako calls on Muslims and Christians to unite against terrorism
Jul 11, 2016
The Chaldean Patriarchate held a memorial service yesterday to remember the victims of last Sunday’s Karrada massacre, in Baghdad.
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Church mourns "Pakistan’s Mother Teresa"
Jul 11, 2016
Abdul Sattar Edhi, one of Pakistan’s best-known philanthropists, died on July 8, Friday night at age 88. He set up a network of homes that welcome thousands of abandoned people, poor, elderly, sick, rejected children, that operate free medical clinics, dispensaries, ambulances. His example of charity will not be forgotten "because his good work is immortal."
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Why Catholic marriage isn’t the same anymore
Jul 11, 2016
One of the most pressing issues at last year’s synod on the family was the demand that re-married couples be admitted to the sacraments. It is an issu
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Prison inmates in Argentina paint statue of Virgin Mary
Jul 10, 2016
A local bishop in Argentina blessed a statue of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, which had been recently painted by inmates at Batán prison.
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Cardinal Tagle expects 'explosion of mercy' at evangelization meet
Jul 09, 2016
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila expects an "explosion of mercy" when the third Philippine Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE) opens next week.
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Fatima visionary predicted 'final battle' would be over marriage, family
Jul 09, 2016
Sister Lucia dos Santos, one of the three children who witnessed the Marian apparitions at Fatima, died in 2005. But before her death, she predicted that the final battle between Christ and Satan would be over marriage and the family.
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Liturgy of the cloth: How the early Church incorporated the Shroud and Sudarium in the Mass
Jul 09, 2016
New research suggests that the burial cloths of Jesus have been central to the Roman liturgy for more than a millennium, and possibly from the earliest days of the Church.
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Standing up for religious minorities in Pakistan
Jul 09, 2016
It's been a few weeks since Pakistani actor Hamza Ali Abbasi stood up for the persecuted Ahmadi community on his Ishq-e-Ramazan TV show causing the ire of religious groups.
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Almost 4,000 Canadian youth going to Krakow for WYD 2016
Jul 08, 2016
Young pilgrims from all over the world are expected in Krakow, Poland, July 25-31, 2016, to participate in the 31st World Youth Day (WYD).Close to 3,750 young Canadian pilgrims are registered to attend this international gathering that has as its theme “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” (Mt 5.7).



Sunday Reflection
Let us be guided by the Holy Spirit
One of the enduring images associated with Pentecost is that of Mary and the disciples of Jesus, gathered in the upper room, with tongues of flames lingering above their heads, while the Holy Spirit descends upon them like a dove.
