Global Church News

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  Sri Lankan Catholic mother wants to know who killed her son

  Jun 08, 2016

  Roshen Shanaka, a young worker, was killed in a police charge in 2011 during a demonstration for the right to a pension.

  
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  The Catholic charity inspiring people to find a new direction and help others

  Jun 08, 2016

  Thousands of St Vincent de Paul Society volunteers provide friendship and support to people experiencing poverty and loneliness

  
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  Constantinople says no to Pan-Orthodox Council postponement

  Jun 08, 2016

  The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople said that the Pan-Orthodox Council will go ahead as planned on 19 June, the day of Pentecost in the Julian calendar.

  
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  Schismatic sect in Italy incurs excommunication

  Jun 07, 2016

  The news was communicated in a June 5 statement from the Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo, where the sect is based.

  
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  Islamic murders in Bangladesh: Catholic slaughtered, policeman’s wife killed in front of child

  Jun 07, 2016

  Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for the murder of 71 year old Catholic Sunil Gomez, slain yesterday morning in his Bonpara shop, a village of Natore, in the diocese of Rajshahi.

  
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  After hosts and tabernacle desecrated in Handan, police ban reparation ceremonies and novenas

  Jun 07, 2016

  Police and the Religious Affairs Bureau in Handan (Hebei) banned local Catholics from gathering today for a day of prayer and fasting that the bishop had called as an act of reparation for the desecration of the Eucharist.

  
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  Elizabeth of the Trinity can teach mysticism to our materialistic age

  Jun 07, 2016

  The Blessed is one of several spiritual writers whose works have been abridged for a new series

  
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  Philippine bishop breaks silence on Duterte attacks

  Jun 07, 2016

  The head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines underscored the "virtue in silence" amid renewed attacks made by incoming President Rodrigo Duterte against church leaders.

  
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  How Muhammad Ali inspired hope in those who suffered

  Jun 07, 2016

  On January 19, 1981, in Los Angeles, Muhammad Ali talked a man down from jumping off a ninth-floor fire escape, an event that made national news.

  
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  For Card Bo, the government wants peace between religions, but the military is not cooperating

  Jun 07, 2016

  The Government of Myanmar under the National League for Democracy (NLD) is working on a legislative package in favour of religious harmony.