Global Church News

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  Archbishop Lori slams 'reckless' comments by civil rights chair

  Sep 15, 2016

  After the chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights called current appeals to religious freedom “hypocrisy,” one archbishop rebuked his statement a

  
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  Sept 14: Triumph of the Cross

  Sep 14, 2016

  Today’s is a feast rich in history and in symbolism.

  
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  The Church appeals to Seoul, Pyongyang and Washington: No more nuclear weapons

  Sep 14, 2016

  An appeal to Pyongyang to abandon the development of a nuclear arsenal, but also to Seoul, Washington and the "other powers in the region.

  
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  How the Catholic Church needs to fight racism

  Sep 14, 2016

  If it hopes to bring peace to racial tensions in the U.S., the Catholic Church must be more present in troubled communities and unite with other faiths in doing so, bishops insisted.

  
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  Nagpur: A procession for Mother Teresa, "100 per cent missionary"

  Sep 14, 2016

  Thousands of Catholics, but also representatives of the Islamic and Sikh communities, celebrated the canonisation of Mother Teresa with a procession organised by the Archdiocese of Nagpur, in Maharashtra.

  
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  More than 5,000 faithful attend the funeral of the Bishop of Wenzhou, Mgr Peter Shao is still

  Sep 13, 2016

  More than 5,000 Catholics took part in the funeral of Mgr Vincent Zhu Weifang of Wenzhou who passed away on 7 September. People brought flowers, flags and wreaths at the cemetery.

  
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  MPs ‘humbled’ by visit to Iraqi refugee camps

  Sep 13, 2016

  Three MPs met displaced families and attended an ordination ceremony

  
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  Tributes paid to Mother Teresa at UN event to mark her canonisation

  Sep 13, 2016

  The Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations described St Teresa as the human face of eternal hope

  
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  Burundi’s nuns roll up their sleeves for peace

  Sep 13, 2016

  Burundi, a country that is tottering between war and peace, sadly falls into that category of countries that can never breathe one hundred percent easy.

  
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  Kerala has more Catholics on the path of canonization

  Sep 13, 2016

  With 21 names, Kerala has the highest number of local Catholics in the list of probable saints.