Global Church News
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Workshop in Dhaka to train young Catholic writer
May 04, 2016
The Bangladesh Catholic Students Movement (BCSM) has organised an annual writers’ workshop for more than 20 years in cooperation with the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB).
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Islamic State attacks the Christian village of Teleskuf, in the Nineveh plain
May 04, 2016
Early Tuesday morning, Islamic State (IS) fighters launched a heavy attack against a Christian village near Alqosh, in the plain of Nineveh, causing serious damage.
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CBCP: May the upcoming elections be tools of peace and reconciliation
May 03, 2016
Mgr Socrates Villegas, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), issued a letter to his “dear countrymen” ahead of next week’s elections (9 May) for president, congress, and local government.
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Full text: Interview with Robert Spaemann on Amoris Laetitia
May 03, 2016
German Catholic philosopher Robert Spaemann, expressed a distinctly critical interpretation of Amoris laetitia in his interview .
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Religious leaders vow to fight extremism with harmony
May 03, 2016
Leaders of four major religions have vowed to unite and promote religious harmony as part of efforts to combat a sharp rise in religious extremism and
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The world became more dangerous for religious believers last year
May 03, 2016
The right to exercise religion came under sustained assault around the world in 2015, according to a new report from a bipartisan United States commission, affecting Christians, Muslims, Jews, among others.
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Punjab: Muslims fund the construction of a Catholic church
May 03, 2016
In a show of generosity, Muslim farmers have contributed to the fundraising efforts of Catholics who are building a church in Khalsabad, a village (chak in Urdu), near Gojra, Punjab province.
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May Day in India: Justice and mercy in the workplace
May 03, 2016
May Day celebration this year “is all the more important as the universal Church celebrates the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy,” said Mgr Oswald Lewis, bishop of Jaipur and president of the Labour Commission of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), in a message to mark the annual event.
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Mainland China has 112 bishops, 99 in active ministry
May 03, 2016
The latest statistics of the Catholic Church in China compiled by Hong Kong Diocese's Holy Spirit Study Centre shows the number of "open" bishops or t
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Fr Daniel Berrigan, anti-war and pro-life campaigner, dies aged 94
May 02, 2016
Fr Daniel Berrigan, the American Jesuit and radical political activist, has died at the age of 94.
Sunday Reflection
Jesus did not turn away from His mission
Today, Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week, the high point of the Church’s year, climaxing in the Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.