Global Church News
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Young priest's murder shocks, grieves Arizona community
Jun 13, 2014
A 28-year-old priest was shot and killed, and another critically wounded, at a Catholic church in Phoenix Wednesday night.
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Australian Bishop: 'Boat people are real people'
Jun 12, 2014
The bishops of Oceania upheld their solidarity with those traveling across the water to seek asylum in Australia, known locally as "boat people," urging a “more humane approach” to their situation.
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Response to papal peace meet reveals rifts in Italian Jewry
Jun 11, 2014
More recently, in an interview published in the June edition of Pagine Ebraiche – a Jewish monthly magazine – Di Segni criticized the joint prayer meeting for peace at the Vatican, which he described as “puzzling and even dangerous.”
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Pope Francis accepts invitation to visit Mexico
Jun 09, 2014
President Enrique Pena Nieto on Saturday announced that Pope Francis has accepted an invitation to visit Mexico.
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Hundreds of Catholic employers win exemption from HHS mandate
Jun 06, 2014
A federal court has ruled that the Catholic Benefits Association and its hundreds of employer members are exempt from a federal mandate requiring coverage of contraceptives and abortifacient drugs.
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UK bishop: Defeat relativism with 'authentic humanism'
Jun 05, 2014
A leading bishop in the U.K. says that the modern, troubling view of humanity which stems from relativism is best countered by Christians living the Church's full vision of the human person.
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Doubts raised over release reports of Christian woman in Sudan
Jun 04, 2014
A government official in Sudan is denying claims that a Christian woman sentenced to execution for her faith may soon be freed.
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Sudan husband's hope for wife's death sentence appeal
Jun 04, 2014
The husband of a woman facing the death penalty in Sudan for abandoning her religious faith has told the BBC he is hopeful an appeal against the sentence for apostasy will be successful.
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New book gives short take on St Thomas Aquinas
Jun 03, 2014
Recently released, “The One-Minute Aquinas” aims to share the wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas in an accessible format to help more people learn from the medieval saint, theologian, and philosopher.
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Sudanese Christian woman facing death sentence gives birth in prison
Jun 02, 2014
A Sudanese woman who faces a death sentence for converting to Christianity has given birth to a baby girl in prison.
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