Global Church News
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How Junipero Serra fought the death penalty for a California native
Aug 07, 2015
Blessed Junipero Serra’s love for the natives of California extended even to those who killed one of his friends and fellow missionaries, the Archbishop of Los Angeles has said in a summary of an early argument against the death penalty for a native Californian.
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Colorado bishops: How to respond to Planned Parenthood? Prayer and fasting
Aug 07, 2015
Following the release of investigative videos showing Planned Parenthood offering aborted baby organs for money, the Catholic bishops of Colorado have designated August 28 as a day of penance and prayer.
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Why the Boy Scouts' new policy led a Catholic bishop to cut ties
Aug 07, 2015
Bishop David Kagan of Bismarck, himself a former boy scout, has reluctantly told his North Dakota diocese to disaffiliate from the Boy Scouts of America due to the legal risks and the moral confusion its new leadership policy could cause for Catholics.
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Cardinal Dolan: Planned Parenthood Can for Once Be Taken at Its Word
Aug 06, 2015
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York has posted a reflection on his blog about the national and international attention that has been focused on Planned Parenthood after the release of five videos (so far) from investigative citizen journalists at the Center for Medical Progress.
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If you won't help our people stay, help them leave - Catholic bishops from the Middle East
Aug 06, 2015
Catholic archbishops from Iraq and Syria said Tuesday that while they hope to help their people stay in the Middle East, they also believe those trying to leave are being unjustly discriminated against when applying for United States visas.
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Think the human person is nothing special? Think again, says archbishop
Aug 06, 2015
Too many social trends treat the human person as nothing sacred, but Catholic pro-life efforts are part of an effort to change that, Los Angeles’ Archbishop Jose Gomez said last Wednesday.
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Meet Saint Nektarios – a philosopher, poet and miracle worker
Aug 06, 2015
Buried in a hilltop monastery on a small Greek island, Saint Nektarios – one of the most widely known and venerated Greek Orthodox saints – draws thousands of pilgrims each year, and is known for his writings and miracles.
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Vatican: Remains of St. Pio of Pietrelcina will be in St. Peter’s Basilica in February
Aug 05, 2015
St. Peter’s Basilica will receive Saint Pio of Pietrelcina’s remains, which will be exposed for veneration from February 8-14.
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After 57 years, Kiwi priests' ministry in Antarctica ends
Aug 05, 2015
New Zealand's Diocese of Christchurch has operated an Antarctic Ministry at McMurdo Station, the largest community in Antarctica, since November 1957. But a declining numbers of churchgoers has brought the program to an end.
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How one skeptical scientist came to believe the Shroud of Turin
Aug 05, 2015
The Shroud of Turin has different meanings for many people: some see it as an object of veneration, others a forgery, still others a medieval curiosity.
Sunday Reflection
Recognising the Pharisee within
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Bro Joseph Wong Pak Yii