Global Church News
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Biden begins Inauguration Day with Mass
Jan 23, 2021
The President-Elect Joe Biden began the day of his Inauguration with Mass at the Cathedral of St Matthew the Apostle in Washington DC.
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Joe Biden’s Catholic Cabinet
Jan 23, 2021
Personnel is policy is an old Washington adage, and if it remains true, then Catholics fretting about how the Biden administration might treat the Church may be misguided. More than one-third of Joe Biden’s incoming Cabinet are his fellow Catholics.
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Pope Francis sends greeting to President Biden, contrasting with sharper message from head of US bishops
Jan 23, 2021
In a message of “cordial good wishes” to President Joseph R. Biden Jr after his installation as the 46th president of the United States, Pope Francis assured him of his prayers “that Almighty God will grant you wisdom and strength in the exercise of your high office.”
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How to pray (and fight) for unity, even within ourselves
Jan 23, 2021
To pray means to fight for unity. Yes, fight, because our enemy, the devil, is the one who divides, as the word itself says. Jesus asks the Holy Spirit for unity, to create unity.
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St Angela Merici
Jan 23, 2021
Angela has the double distinction of founding the first teaching congregation of women in the Church and what is now called a “secular institute” of religious women.
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St Thomas Aquinas
Jan 23, 2021
On Jan. 28, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates Saint Thomas Aquinas, the 13th century theologian who showed that the Catholic faith is in harmony with philosophy and all other branches of knowledge.
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Newly ordained priest dies after Madrid parish explosion
Jan 23, 2021
A recently ordained Catholic priest died in hospital early Thursday, Jan 21 morning after an explosion destroyed a parish building in the Spanish capital, Madrid.
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Sacred Scripture needs to be respected, valued
Jan 23, 2021
In preparation for the Sunday of the Word of God Jan. 24, the Vatican issued recommendations for the day as well as reminders on respecting the sacred Scriptures.
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Pope recognises heroic virtues of pioneering French geneticist Jerome Lejeune
Jan 23, 2021
Pope Francis recognised on Thursday the heroic virtues of Jérôme Lejeune, the French geneticist who discovered the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome.
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Vietnam jails environmental activist for seven years
Jan 23, 2021
Vietnam has clamped down on freedom of expression ahead of a Communist Party congress by imposing a harsh jail sentence on an environmental activist and blogger for an anti-state campaign.
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD