Global Church News
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Heatwaves put millions of children in Asia at risk
Apr 19, 2024
Massive heatwaves across East Asia and the Pacific could place millions of children at risk, the UN warned recently, calling for action to protect vulnerable people from the soaring temperatures.
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Sudan civil war: No seminarians, almost no Catholic Church
Apr 19, 2024
The third Sudanese civil war has terribly affected the entire country but especially the local Catholic Church, which — according to the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) — has no seminarians and has practically disappeared from the country.
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Religious superiors explore ‘heartbeat of the Church’
Apr 19, 2024
Drawing upon the timeless wisdom enshrined in Biblical teachings and Church doctrines, participants were urged to find ways to rekindle their inspiration and that of their members.
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‘I forgive whoever has done this’: Australian bishop who survived stabbing speaks out
Apr 19, 2024
The Assyrian bishop who was attacked at an Australian church earlier this week shared that he is “doing fine” and told his attacker: “You’re my son, and you’ll always be in my prayers.”
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Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday victims on the path to sainthood
Apr 18, 2024
The Sri Lankan Church is making efforts to launch the sainthood cause for Easter Sunday victims, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo said ahead of the explosions' fifth anniversary.
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Cardinal Goh of Singapore hopes Pope Francis’ visit will ‘spur a renewal’ in the country
Apr 18, 2024
Following the announcement of Pope Francis’ apostolic journey to the Asia Pacific region later this year, Cardinal William Goh, archbishop of Singapore, has expressed his hope that the Holy Father’s visit to the city-nation from Sept. 11–13 “will bring renewed fervor to all Catholics in Singapore.”
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The Easter attacks and the struggles for justice in Sri Lanka
Apr 18, 2024
April 21 this year will mark five years since the deadly 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka. The targets included two Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Colombo, Zion church in the Eastern province, and three high-end hotels in Colombo.
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Rome to host World Meeting of Parish Priests in preparation for Synod on Synodality
Apr 18, 2024
The World Meeting of Parish Priests for the Synod on Synodality will be held April 29–May 2 in Sacrofano, Rome, and will reflect on the theme “How to Be a Synodal Local Church in Mission.”
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Rite of peace is not just a greeting or friendly gesture, nun explains
Apr 18, 2024
The director of the Chair of Theology of the Consecrated Life at San Dámaso Ecclesiastical University in Spain, Sister Carolina Blázquez Casado, OSA, explained that the rite of peace at Mass “is not a greeting or friendly gesture.”
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Holy See highlights Indigenous youth as guardians of culture
Apr 18, 2024
In a statement addressed to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the 23rd Session in New York on April 16, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN, spoke of the importance of supporting indigenous people, especially young people, and cultivating dialogue.
Sunday Reflection
Embracing the wisdom of the human heart
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr George Vaithynathan