Global Church News
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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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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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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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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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First lay head of disciplinary commission at Roman Curia appointed
Jan 15, 2021
For the first time, the Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia will be presided by a layperson after Pope Francis appointed professor Vincenzo Buonomo, rector of the Pontifical Lateran University. And it is possible that more laypersons will be appointed for other Vatican positions.
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One hundred days of unjust imprisonment for Fr Stan Swamy
Jan 15, 2021
January 15 marked one hundred days since 83-year-old Jesuit Fr Stan Swamy was taken into custody from his residence in Ranchi (Jharkhand).
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Indian priest appointed member of Pontifical Biblical Commission
Jan 15, 2021
Pope Francis has appointed Society of Jesus priest Henry Pattarumadathil as a member of Pontifical Biblical Commission.
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St Sebastian
Jan 15, 2021
Sebastian was the son of a wealthy Roman family. He was educated in Milan and became an officer of the imperial Roman army, and Captain of the Guard.
Sunday Reflection
Our lives should reflect the Spirit
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD