Global Church News
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Pope encourages civil leaders to work for ‘integral development’
Sep 20, 2019
In an address to the civil authorities of Madagascar Sept 7, Pope Francis urged the leaders to embrace the “soul” of their country and to work toward an “integral development” that will not forget the poor and those most in need.
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Solidarity is strong in the Church in Madagascar
Sep 20, 2019
Pope Francis visited the island nation of Madagascar, a place where the faith is practised with simplicity and with a strong solidarity, according to one priest on the island nation.
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Archbishop of Canterbury prostrates at colonial era massacre site
Sep 20, 2019
Archbishop of Canterbury Reverend Justin Welby says he had a deeply humbling experience at Jallianwala Bagh, the site of British colonial era massacre.
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Timor-Leste’s first archbishop aims to unite faithful
Sep 20, 2019
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Virgilio do Carmo da Silva of Dili as Timor-Leste’s first archbishop, 17 years after the country gained independence.
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India: Militant extremists attack Jesuit school
Sep 20, 2019
A crowd of around 500 militant Hindu extremists vandalised a Jesuit college in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand last Tuesday, 3 September.
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Oldest woman living Filipino - 122 years
Sep 20, 2019
Francisca Montes-Susano of Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental is the oldest living Filipino and most likely the oldest person in the world.
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Filipino Catholics brave rain to celebrate Mary’s birthday
Sep 20, 2019
Philippines marks first national working holiday in honor of the Blessed Mother.
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Filipino dioceses go ‘green’ by reducing energy use and defending the environment
Sep 20, 2019
Solar panels will appear on the roofs of parish churches, pastoral centres and schools. The country's bishops call for an immediate transition to safe, clean and affordable energy to fight climate change. Maasin is the first ecclesiastical territory where all churches use solar energy.
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Bangladesh Church to open hospital for poor
Sep 20, 2019
It will be the first church-run hospital in Dhaka since the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
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Indonesian Muslims elected co-presidents at Religions for Peace
Sep 20, 2019
The leaders from Indonesia’s two largest Islamic organizations have been elected co-presidents of Religions for Peace, the world’s largest multi-relig
Sunday Reflection
Embracing the wisdom of the human heart
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr George Vaithynathan