Global Church News

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  Naming the unknown martyr: could these remains be St. John Plessington?

  Oct 16, 2015

  The English priest St. John Plessington was among dozens martyred because of an anti-Catholic hoax in the seventeenth century.

  
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  Pro-abortion madness in Argentina: half-naked activists attack cathedral

  Oct 16, 2015

  A mob of violent abortion supporters attempted to desecrate an Argentine cathedral and threw stones and bottles at Catholics praying the rosary.

  
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  New policy forces Missionaries of Charity to end adoption services in India

  Oct 16, 2015

  Orphanages in India run by the Missionaries of Charity have decided to close their doors in light of new adoption guidelines .

  
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  'It's truly a miracle' – kidnapped Syrian priest escapes from Islamic State

  Oct 16, 2015

  A Syrian priest who was captured by Islamic State militants in May thought he would die for his faith.

  
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  Why three gay Catholics left the Church – and why they returned

  Oct 16, 2015

  Dan, Rilene and Paul knew that once their stories were out, life would not be the same.

  
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  Success of Tunisian Arab Spring through dialogue

  Oct 15, 2015

  An essential factor for the culmination of the revolution in Tunisia in peaceful, democratic elections last autumn .

  
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  Ugandans are eagerly preparing for papal visit with prayer, penance

  Oct 15, 2015

  In anticipation of Pope Francis’ first visit to their country, the head of the Ugandan bishops conference has called on Catholics to make themselves ready to welcome the Pope though prayer and charitable works.

  
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  Tunisia’s Dialogue Quartet wins 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for pulling the country back from the brink

  Oct 15, 2015

  The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet.

  
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  Jesuits urge British PM to put people before politics

  Oct 15, 2015

  Fr Dermot Preston SJ, has written to the Prime Minister to urge a change in policy towards refugees in the light of the current crisis in Europe and t

  
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  Read today's report from the German small group at the Synod

  Oct 15, 2015

  The full text of the report released Wednesday by the German-speaking 13 small group at the Synod on the Family.