Global Church News
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Fr Ibrahim: Aleppo is "powerless and fearful", prayers for peace during Advent
Nov 29, 2016
The pastor says people are "exhausted" by the escalation of the fighting and violence. The government army seized two rebel-held eastern neighbourhoods. For anti-Assad forces, this is "the worst defeat" since the beginning of the war.
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New Catholic Relief Services' chairman has strong Middle East focus
Nov 29, 2016
Bishop Gregory John Mansour, a Maronite bishop with experience in Middle East issues, will be the next chairman of Catholic Relief Services, the foreign aid arm of the U.S. bishops.
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Fr Sukkanate’s first Mass and Advent in Thailand
Nov 29, 2016
Ordained on 13 November by Mgr Kovithavanij, archbishop of Bangkok, the new priest celebrated his first Mass sunday in the Chapel of St Francis Xavier in Muangthong Thani. “Jesus invites everyone to be prepared for” anything, including “a sudden death” as well as a “better life”.
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Fr Dominic Sarkar: My tribal people are poor but eager to learn about Jesus
Nov 28, 2016
The Holy Cross priest is pastor in Bandarban, responsible for 8,000 people living in 56 mountain villages. To reach his destinations, and despite the hardships and cost, he walks on poor roads, crosses rivers, climbs hills, and makes his way through the jungle to perform his pastoral outreach.
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PIME missionary and bishops’ appeal against fear to denounce injustice
Nov 28, 2016
Mgr Socrates Villegas, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), issued a pastoral titled ‘Our country and our faith’ at the end of a meeting of its Permanent Council.
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Catholicism is growing fast in Norway
Nov 28, 2016
The Church has welcomed tens of thousands of new faithful in the last four years
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Bishops of Madagascar dedicate country to the Divine Mercy of God
Nov 28, 2016
At the end of their November Plenary in Antananarivo, the bishops of Madagascar have issued a pastoral statement marking the end of the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy.
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In Syrian monastery, priest who escaped ISIS sees signs of hope
Nov 28, 2016
The fourth-century saint Mar Elian’s relics survived the Islamic State’s destruction of the Syrian monastery that bears his name, and a priest who escaped captivity says these are among the signs of hope for Syria.
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Ethiopian Church working to uplift women
Nov 28, 2016
There are more than 50 women promotion centres run by the Catholic Church in Ethiopia.
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Navarro-Vals: “Here’s how Wojtyla convinced Fidel to celebrate Christmas”
Nov 28, 2016
The Polish Pope’s former spokesman said the late Fidel Castro “wanted to know everything there was to know about John Paul II”



Sunday Reflection
Jesus calls us to be courageous and embrace risks
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Andrew Kooi
