Global Church News
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Armenia must have a special place in God’s heart
Jun 24, 2016
Pope Francis is about to encounter one of the world's great Christian civilisations
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Farewell Papal audience for Britain's ambassasdor to the holy see
Jun 24, 2016
As people across the United Kingdom went to the polls on Thursday, here in the Vatican, Pope Francis met privately with Britain’s ambassador to the Holy See, Nigel Baker
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Pope Francis in Armenia, a pilgrim in the land of Christian martyrs
Jun 24, 2016
This visit is first and foremost a way of sharing with the first Christian people in history, marked by the genocide. There is also the ecumenical value of fraternity with the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the prophetic quality for peace in the Caucasus, a crossroad between Asia and Europe
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How a sketchbook led one Chinese woman to the Catholic faith
Jun 24, 2016
Yan Xu is an artist from the central China city of Wuhan. What she drew one day would change her life.
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Faith among Chinese youth growing amid the temptations of materialism and atheism
Jun 24, 2016
A young woman talks about her experience.A prayer group helped her along the way. Now she is involved in pastoral youth outreach in her diocese. Her story appeared in Tripod, the quarterly magazine of the Diocese of Hong Kong.
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Semarang Archdiocese prioritizes people with disabilities
Jun 24, 2016
Church organizations encourage parents to take active role in helping children lead normal lives
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Is Pope Francis' Armenia visit another step toward Christian unity?
Jun 24, 2016
Pope Francis’ visit to Armenia is a chance to build on decades of productive ecumenical dialogue with the Armenian Apostolic Church, a local Catholic bishop has said.
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Iraqi refugees: Daesh, exile and the desire to meet with Pope Francis
Jun 24, 2016
The memory of a childhood "peaceful and without any major problems", spent in the family with the ordinary difficulties of every day, turned upside down by the fall of a regime that could maintain "stability", even if by using force.
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Armenia: Pope Francis in continuity with Benedict XV
Jun 24, 2016
The 14th Apostolic journey abroad of Pope Francis is to Armenia, a landlocked mountainous nation which borders with to the west Turkey, to the East Azerbaijan, to the north Georgia and to the South Iran.
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Hue: Catholic nuns and Buddhist women together to fight breast cancer
Jun 24, 2016
Every year, 4,500 Vietnamese women die from cancer. Over a ten-year period, the rate jumped by 69 per cent. Lack of preventive measures and financial means as well as social stigma deter people from seeking treatment. A group of Catholic nuns, medical practitioners and Buddhist volunteers organised a seminar to raise awareness about the problem, and allay fears about the pain.



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