Global Church News
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Standing up for religious minorities in Pakistan
Jul 09, 2016
It's been a few weeks since Pakistani actor Hamza Ali Abbasi stood up for the persecuted Ahmadi community on his Ishq-e-Ramazan TV show causing the ire of religious groups.
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Almost 4,000 Canadian youth going to Krakow for WYD 2016
Jul 08, 2016
Young pilgrims from all over the world are expected in Krakow, Poland, July 25-31, 2016, to participate in the 31st World Youth Day (WYD).Close to 3,750 young Canadian pilgrims are registered to attend this international gathering that has as its theme “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” (Mt 5.7).
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Indonesian Catholics join Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr
Jul 08, 2016
Interfaith activities continue despite extremist threats.
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350 from Kolkata to attend Mother Teresa canonization
Jul 08, 2016
A 350-strong group of priests, missionaries and admirers from Kolkata will attend Mother Teresa's canonization at the Vatican on September 4.
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Young Catholics set to depart for World Youth Day
Jul 08, 2016
Delegation hopes to share Christian life experience in India at global event in Krakow.
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Brexit ‘won’t affect pilgrimages to Lourdes’
Jul 08, 2016
A pilgrimage director has dismissed claims that Lourdes pilgrims will suffer following Britain's withdrawal from the EU
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Italians restore 900-year-old mosaics at Bethlehem church
Jul 08, 2016
Restorers, after clearing away centuries of dirt, discovered the Church of the Nativity had a seventh mosaic
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Pope sends envoy to Minsk-Mohilev Archdiocese for 25th anniversary
Jul 08, 2016
Religious liberty and the importance of the family were among the themes touched on by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn during his mission as papal envoy to Belarus to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Minsk-Mohilev Archdiocese.
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British Ambassador to Holy See on ‘Completing the Mission’
Jul 08, 2016
Nigel Baker said ‘After five years at the Holy See, I shall be moving to London to take up a new appointment at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office focusing on the Americas’
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Dallas bishop urges prayers after five police officers are shot dead
Jul 08, 2016
Bishop Farrell has called the violence 'heartbreaking' and says the city is in shock



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