Global Church News
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CELAM: Universal access to covid-19 vaccine priority in Latin America
Jan 18, 2021
CELAM’s President says universal access to the COVID-19 vaccine should be a priority in Latin America in 2021.
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Misereor raises alarm: 13 percent of the world's population secures half of Covid-19 vaccines
Jan 18, 2021
The Catholic aid organisation Misereor calls on the European Union to provide all people with fair and rapid access to vaccines against the coronavirus after it became known that only 13% of the world's population has already secured half of the Covid-19 vaccines.
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Church in England and Wales celebrates Peace Sunday
Jan 18, 2021
The Catholic Church in England and Wales celebrates Peace Sunday on 17 January with resources and contributions provided by Pax Christi.
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Iraq’s Catholics begin prayer for Pope’s visit
Jan 18, 2021
Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphaël Sako has composed a prayer that the churches across Iraq will recite from Sunday, 17 January, in preparation for the visit of Pope Francis in March.
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Shut down all churches in India's tribal areas, Hindu group demands
Jan 18, 2021
A right-wing Hindu group has demanded an immediate shutdown of all churches built in tribal areas of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and action against Christian priests and pastors involved in alleged religious conversion.
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A grim year for Pakistan's persecuted religious minorities
Jan 18, 2021
Rights activists in Pakistan have endorsed the findings of a leading advocacy group that reported a grim situation for religious minorities last year.
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Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham celebrates 10th anniversary
Jan 18, 2021
Ten years ago, on 15 January 2011, the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham was established by a decree of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the first fruits of the Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus.
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‘Catholic well’ supplies clean water to Mongolian families
Jan 18, 2021
Salesian mission plays an important role in the mission of the tiny Mongolian Church
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St Agnes
Jan 15, 2021
On Jan. 21, the Roman Catholic Church honors the virgin and martyr St. Agnes, who suffered death for her consecration to Christ.
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Coronavirus vaccines: Frequently Asked Questions
Jan 15, 2021
As a result the individual becomes immune to the coronavirus. The messenger RNA molecules themselves only survive in the body for a matter of hours following immunisation and they are then destroyed by normal cellular mechanisms.
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