Global Church News
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Islamic aggression takes different form in Nigeria, bishop explains
Aug 19, 2016
Bishop Charles Hammawa heads the Diocese of Jalingo, located in the eastern part of Nigeria’s so-called “Middle Belt.” The population of 2.3 million is about equally divided between Muslims and Christians, 450,000 of whom are Catholic, with 10 percent of the people belonging to traditional religions.
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Timor-Leste villagers laud Jesuit’s clean water project
Aug 19, 2016
Life's become a lot easier for hard-pressed farmers now they have a steady water supply on their doorsteps
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Philippine Church leaders feel powerless to stop extrajudicial killings
Aug 19, 2016
Philippine Catholic leaders say they are powerless to stop a growing number of extrajudicial killings that have come with President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
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A prayer of gratitude for creation
Aug 18, 2016
God of the universe, We thank You for Your many good gifts - For the beauty of Creation and its rich and varied fruits, For clean water and fresh air, for food and shelter, animals and plants.
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Ecumenical focus on prayer for creation
Aug 18, 2016
Anglican, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians are being asked to join in the World Day of Prayer for Creation on 1 September and to use the following month, leading up to the feast of St Francis of Assisi on 4 October, as a Season of Creation.
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Bishop Farrell: "The Holy Father would ask me to go and do such an important work"
Aug 18, 2016
Pope Francis has named Bishop Kevin J Farrell of Dallas to head the Vatican’s new office for laity, family and life.
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What we must try to find out following the death of this ISIS bride
Aug 18, 2016
Why are young girls like Kadiza Sultana attracted to the ISIS phenomenon?
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'People are frightened to go to Mass' in Mindanao
Aug 18, 2016
Christians are living a life of fear in the southern Philippines due to increasing Islamism, says an Italian missionary.
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Bishop tells Duterte to hunt killers of drug addicts
Aug 18, 2016
Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo of Manila accuses Philippine president of giving vigilantes a license to kill.
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Archbishop Paglia named president of Life Academy
Aug 18, 2016
Also to be Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family
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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.
