Global Church News

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  Father Bukowinski, witness of faith despite persecution in concentration camp

  Sep 07, 2016

  The life of the venerable servant of God, to whose intercession Pope Francis attributed a miracle. First Catholic priest in Soviet Kazakhstan, with total trust in Providence, he became a witness of God's love for man.

  
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  Orissa, "Saint Mother Teresa Road" inaugurated

  Sep 07, 2016

  The new road was inaugurated on the day of the canonization of the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. The chief minister paid homage to her and recalled that she "chose India as her home, to serve the poor and the afflicted." Msgr. Barwa: "She was the woman of the woman."

  
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  Pranks against a Catholic high school crossed the line, parents say

  Sep 07, 2016

  Parents are outraged after religious pranks at a football game in Arizona included vandalism of a statue of Mary and a dancing Jesus on the football field.

  
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  From inspiration to adoption: A story of working with Mother Teresa

  Sep 07, 2016

  More than 20 years ago, Ann Pollak traveled to Calcutta, hoping to volunteer alongside Mother Teresa.

  
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  The Honduras Tim Kaine knew

  Sep 07, 2016

  He was only 22 years-old, and he was only there for nine months. But U.S. Senator and Democratic vice-presidential hopeful Tim Kaine credits the time he spent with a Jesuit community in Honduras as so formative and influential that it would spark the beginning of his thirty-plus-year political career.

  
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  Sri Lankan orphans saved by the Missionaries of Charity celebrate the Mother

  Sep 06, 2016

  Liturgies of thanksgiving were celebrated this morning in every diocese for the canonisation of Mother Teresa. In Colombo, the Missionaries of Charity live in the ‘Home of peace’, which takes in the sick, the disabled and orphans. On 11 September, an official celebration will be held to honour the saint.

  
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  For spokesman for the Catholic Church in Egypt, law on places of worship modernises the country

  Sep 06, 2016

  Fr Rafic Greiche judges positively the law recently approved by the Parliament, following negotiations between the government and Christian leaders. Now there are fewer "constraints and restrictions" than in the past.

  
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  Masses across the Philippines to celebrate the saint of Calcutta

  Sep 06, 2016

  Monday morning, anniversary of the saint's death, a Mass was celebrated in the parish of the Immaculate Conception in Manila, close to the house for the poor and the dying run by the Missionaries of Charity. On October 7, a service is planned for Manila Cathedral led by Card Tagle.

  
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  Lahore, hundreds line up for the relics of Saint Mother Teresa

  Sep 06, 2016

  The faithful attended the Mass in honour of the Saint of Calcutta. The canonisation in St Peter's was broadcast live. The Missionaries of Charity showed three relics preserved in their home, which welcomes women and girls with disabilities. Archbishop tells Catholics “not to be afraid to become saints”.

  
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  Sister Lucy, a life of luxury abandoned for Mother Teresa

  Sep 06, 2016

  Leaving the comforts of a rich family to devote herself to the care of the poor in Hong Kong, the United States and East Timor.