Global Church News
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New Iraqi priests bring joy amid years of sadness, displacement
Aug 09, 2016
Fr. Roni Salim Momika, one of three priests ordained in an Erbil refugee camp Friday, said the event has turned the dreary mood of displaced Christians into one of joy, which he hopes will give them the strength to stay in their homeland.
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These two game-changing Olympians are serious Catholics
Aug 09, 2016
Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky are two of the names to know in this year's summer Olympic games in Rio.
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This California bill could hurt poor students at religious schools
Aug 09, 2016
Religious students from disadvantaged backgrounds could be most affected by a California bill threatening state-backed student grants to schools that disagree with same-sex marriage and gender ideology.
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God, religion and the Olympic Games
Aug 09, 2016
The XXXI Olympic Games, the 16-day athletic love-fest kicking off to a samba beat in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, are a secular endeavor featuring more fanfare than faith, more spectacle than spirit.
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Seoul Archdiocese to recall those who died in 1886 persecution
Aug 08, 2016
The Seoul Archdiocese will hold a series of cultural events to celebrate the Jubilee Year of Mercy and commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 1886 Byeongin Persecution.
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A cry for help from Carmelite Nuns in Aleppo
Aug 08, 2016
“The situation is a complicated and we are hearing many contradictory stories. The only truth we do know is that the people here are suffering and dying.”
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Yusra Mardini: Refugee swimmer off to flying start after Pope Francis sends letter
Aug 08, 2016
Ahead of competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Yusra Mardini, along with the nine other athletes that make up the Olympic Refugee Team were sent a letter by Pope Francis.
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On Islam and violence, Pope + Patriarch = Full Story
Aug 08, 2016
When he visited Assisi on Thursday, Pope Francis had a brief unscheduled encounter with the Imam of Perugia, Abdel Qader Mohammed, who thanked the pontiff for denying that Islam is a religion of violence during an in-flight press conference July 31 on the way back to Rome from his trip to Poland.
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Catholics in state upbeat over Mother Teresa's canonisation
Aug 08, 2016
Pope Francis will declare Mother Teresa a saint at the Vatican on September 4.
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US nuns urge Presidential candidates to refrain from ‘dehumanising language’
Aug 08, 2016
More than 5,600 religious have signed a letter to all the Presidential candidates
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD