Global Church News

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  Gay Catholic group launches in Rome as synod gets underway

  Oct 07, 2015

  A group for gay Catholics launched in Rome just before the start of the synod on the family.

  
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  Synod15: Press briefing Oct. 5th

  Oct 06, 2015

  While acknowledging the Church needs to pastorally accompany struggling families, the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, says if people believe this means doing away with or changing Church doctrine in the Synod, they are mistaken.

  
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  ISIS destroys 2,000-year-old triumphal arch in Palmyra

  Oct 06, 2015

  ISIS militants have blown up the 2,000 year triumphal arch in Palmyra, it has been reported.The latest act of destruction was reported by Syria’s head of antiquities, Maamun Abdulkarim, who reported that the terror group had detonated a bomb they had laid several weeks ago.

  
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  This Catholic healthcare group is being sued for refusing to provide abortions

  Oct 05, 2015

  Trinity Health Corporations, one of the largest Catholic health care operations in America, is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union over its refusal to provide women with abortion services at their medical facilities.

  
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  'You are not alone' - Oregon bishops, priests support a community in shock

  Oct 03, 2015

  In the wake of a mass shooting at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon, members of a local Catholic parish are reaching out to offer sympathy, comfort and hope.

  
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  Ahead of the synod, LGBT activists lobby bishops. Here's what they want

  Oct 03, 2015

  As the Synod on the Family approaches, a well-funded LGBT activist coalition is lobbying bishops to revive controversial language from the debates of the 2014 extraordinary synod.

  
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  In wake of Pope Francis, bishops urge Congress to move on religious freedom

  Oct 03, 2015

  Citing Pope Francis, the U.S. bishops are urging lawmakers act quickly to pass a bill that would reauthorize the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, whose mandate expired yesterday.

  
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  People come first, human life is sacred

  Oct 01, 2015

  Dealing with war, development, the economy or environmental concerns, bureaucrats and diplomats must always remember that the lives of real children, women and men are at stake, Pope Francis told the United Nations.

  
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  Pope Francis to priests, religious: It’s your job to inspire vocations

  Oct 01, 2015

  The Church today is called to foster among young people a sense of responsibility and enthusiasm for the Gospel mission, Pope Francis said on Saturday to group of priests and religious gathered in Philadelphia’s cathedral.

  
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  Can politicians learn from Pope Francis?

  Oct 01, 2015

  Pope Francis is the spiritual leader of 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide. There are bound to be some who don’t like him. But what is of greater interest is that so many non-Catholics love him.