Global Church News
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More than 1,000 youth register every hour for World Youth Day
Jul 12, 2016
The enrollment for World Youth Day, which will begin July 25, is as rampant as ever with more than 1,000 youth registering an hour during the day on June 30.
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Venezuelan government blasted for blocking Church aid
Jul 12, 2016
The archbishop made his remarks during his opening speech at the Venezuelan Conference of Catholic Bishops' recent plenary assembly.
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Africa to be consecrated to the Divine Mercy on 14 September
Jul 12, 2016
The Third Congress for Africa and Madagascar on Divine Mercy (AMACOM), which will be held in Kigali from 9 September to 15 September 2016
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Bishops to hold national collection for Walsingham
Jul 12, 2016
A national collection for the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is to be held in September.
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US Bishops call for legal protection of doctors who won't perform abortions
Jul 12, 2016
According to the letter, the Conscience Protection Act would make sure people providing health care would be able to do so “without being forced by the government to help destroy innocent unborn children.”
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Filipino Bishops to hold fast to the truth even in the wilderness
Jul 12, 2016
“We will teach, even it seems like a voice in a hostile wilderness, till the day we die, that right is right and wrong is wrong and we will not withdraw from mission of the Lord,” said CBCP president at the start of the bishops’ plenary assembly.
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South Sudan Church leaders condemn recent violence and pray for dead
Jul 12, 2016
Violent clashes between forces loyal to the president and those loyal to the vice president have spread across the city of Juba in recent days
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Bishop Donald Bolen named Archbishop of Regina
Jul 12, 2016
Pope Francis on Monday named Bishop Donald Bolen, currently Bishop of Saskatoon, as Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Iraqi Bishop: The diaconate "essential to keeping the Church in the Middle East alive "
Jul 12, 2016
The diaconate in Iraq is a "noble and dynamic mission" because it focuses on "human dignity" and, at the same time, is an effective means to "unite Christians, especially those in need", says Msgr. Alnaufali Habib Jajou Archbishop of Basra, in southern Iraq.



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