Global Church News
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Catholic Bible-in-a-year podcast tops the charts
Jan 11, 2021
A Catholic podcast featuring a priest reading and analyzing the Bible has been at the top of the Apple Podcast charts since Jan. 2, ahead of secular podcasts produced by such organizations as The New York Times, NBC News, and NPR.
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Jakarta Cathedral switches to solar power
Jan 11, 2021
Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral Church in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta has been recognized as the first Catholic church in the country to install solar power.
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Chinese Church condemns rumors of Catholics causing pandemic spread
Jan 11, 2021
The Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, the state-approved Church in China, has condemned rumors that church gatherings were a source of the Covid-19 outbreak in some northern villages.
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Holy Land Coordination group forced to cancel annual pilgrimage
Jan 11, 2021
The Bishops of the Holy Land Coordination (HLC) cancel their annual visit to Israel and Palestine because of the Covid-19 pandemic. They will hold a virtual meeting instead.
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Covid-19: Churches stay open in England and Wales, but close in Scotland and N. Ireland
Jan 11, 2021
An exponential rise in Covid-19 infections has led to a third lockdown in the United Kingdom where it has been decided to keep churches open in England and Wales, but closed in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Caritas sends firewood to help migrants stuck in Bosnian blizzard
Jan 10, 2021
As around one thousand migrants languish without adequate shelter in a blizzard in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Caritas launches a fundraiser to help them procure firewood to ward off freezing temperatures.
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Jesuit Fr Leo O’Donovan to deliver invocation at Biden inauguration
Jan 09, 2021
Jesuit Fr. Leo O'Donovan, former president of Georgetown University, will deliver the invocation at Joe Biden's presidential inauguration on Jan. 20.
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Let us build a new Myanmar of justice and peace
Jan 09, 2021
May this new year come as a blessing to all of you. The birth of the new year is also the birth of hope. Let us celebrate hope as one nation.
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Vietnam diocese launches lunar new year pastoral programme
Jan 09, 2021
A diocese in southern Vietnam has responded to Pope Francis’ culture of care by drawing up pastoral plans to attend to people in need in the coming lunar new year.
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Some 53 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists arrested for ‘subversion’
Jan 09, 2021
About a thousand police officers were deployed this morning to arrest 53 pro-democracy advocates under Hong Kong’s new national security law, the National Security Department announced.
Sunday Reflection
From mere productivity to wholehearted fruitfulness
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