Global Church News
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Pope Francis pays homage to fidelity of Ukrainian Catholics
Mar 09, 2016
Paying homage to the suffering and martyrdom of Ukrainian Catholics who refused to give up their fidelity to the Pope despite harsh Soviet repression, Pope Francis also paid tribute to the Eastern Catholics’ efforts today to alleviate the suffering of those impacted by the war in Eastern Ukraine.
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Georgetown gets verbally shanked over Planned Parenthood invite
Mar 09, 2016
Georgetown University is facing strong criticism from Catholic leaders for defending a student group's invite of Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards to speak at the school.
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Here are the faces of the nuns who were martyred in Yemen
Mar 09, 2016
Sister Anslem, Sister Reginette, Sister Judith, and Sister Marguerite were serving as caretakers at the Missionaries of Charity's convent and nursing home in Aden, Yemen.
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‘Stand up for persecuted atheists,’ bishop urges Catholics
Mar 09, 2016
The Bishop of Clifton has called on Catholics to stand up for persecuted atheists around the world.
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Hackers direct users of Scottish Catholic website to online pornography in series of cyber attacks on church
Mar 09, 2016
Visitors to the web page of Scotland's largest Catholic congregation have been directed to a pornographic site, as it emerges the church has been the victim of a series of cyber attacks.
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Child brides saved by Don Bosco schools in India
Mar 09, 2016
Every year, the Salesians of Don Bosco save hundreds of young women and girls from early marriage and a destiny of domestic slavery, this according Fr M C George Menamparampil, national coordinator for the Don Bosco Schools in India.
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Catholic educators slam 'history distortion' by dictator's son
Mar 09, 2016
Catholic educators in the Philippines have denounced what they called the "distortion of history" by the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos who is running for vice president in this year's national elections.
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Globally, nearly 1,300 million Catholics, number growing faster than population
Mar 08, 2016
Worldwide the number of Catholics - in 2014, about 1,272 million – is growing at a faster rate than that of the world population during the same period .
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Bekasi: Islamic extremists demonstrate against the construction of a Catholic church
Mar 08, 2016
Hundreds of Islamic extremists took to the streets Monday in North Bekasi District, West Java Province, to protest against a permanent church for the local Catholic community.
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Vicar of Arabia: No news about abducted priest, Aden massacre survivor in a safe place
Mar 08, 2016
“There are no further news” about the fate of Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, said Mgr Paul Hinder, apostolic vicar of Southern Arabia.



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Jesus calls us to be courageous and embrace risks
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Andrew Kooi
