Global Church News
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The Ninth Assembly of Chinese Catholic Representatives: More smog and pollution in 2017
Jan 03, 2017
For the famous priest-blogger Fr. Shanren, “the Ninth Assembly has created even more confusion in the Chinese Church, just like the smog that is choking the capital and many parts of China these days.
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Church offers support for Kerala's transgenders
Jan 03, 2017
Priests, nuns act to combat discrimination, exploitation of the community
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Pope calls on world Bishops to protect children from those who kill or exploit them
Jan 03, 2017
Pope Francis wrote to the bishops of the world to remind them that their task is to protect children: those condemned to die of hunger, those forced to emigrate in order to survive, those forced to fight or work, those who are denied an education, those who are sexually exploited, even by men of the Church who should defend them.
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On World Day of Peace, stories of sisters who survived Hiroshima bombing
Jan 02, 2017
The world witnessed the horror of nuclear weapons when, August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m., killing about 80,000 people instantly.
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Filipinos are in love with the Virgin Mary, and the Baclaran shrine is proof
Jan 02, 2017
A long-venerated icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help turned 150 last year, and many Filipinos’ Marian devotion has never been stronger.
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Oblates of Mary Immaculate gift stationery and books to 50 poor children in Colombo
Jan 01, 2017
The children live in a multiethnic area of the capital that developed after 1971 for many of the city’s beggars. Children performed in a Christmas play to tell parents to stay clear of alcohol abuse.
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Ten memorable Catholic moments from 2016
Dec 31, 2016
From the murder of Fr Hamel to Cardinal Sarah's ad orientem appeal
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Government and Christians against US interference in Church reconstruction
Dec 31, 2016
US Congress discusses a law authorizing the supervision of the work of reconstruction of churches and buildings destroyed by Islamic extremists.
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China’s state leader meets Catholic representatives
Dec 31, 2016
A meeting with a Chinese state leader and a Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament officially concluded the Ninth National Congress of Catholic Representatives of the government sanctioned open church community on Dec 29.
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Justice and Peace Commission prays for the 43 victims of the Christmas tainted liquor incident
Dec 30, 2016
The National Commission for Justice and Peace of Pakistan (NCJP) has expressed deep sorrow for the death of 43 people, mostly Christians, from tainted homemade liquor at a Christmas party.



Sunday Reflection
Trusting in God: The key to true prosperity
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD
