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New KK Catholic Centre to be built on former primary school site
Jul 24, 2017
The new Catholic Centre of the Kota Kinabalu Archdiocese will be built on a former Chinese primary school site adjacent to the Sacred Heart Cathedral here.
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Pope Francis donates €25 thousand to ease East Africa famine
Jul 24, 2017
The Holy Father had pledged personal assistance in a message to FAO's Conference on 3 July 2017, in which he said he was "inspired also by the desire
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Pope Francis appoints new Bishop in India’s Bettiah Diocese
Jul 24, 2017
He was Vicar General of Bhagalpur at the time of the new appointment.
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Catholic group sends 15 Virgin Mary statues to Iraq to replace ones destroyed by ISIS
Jul 24, 2017
A French Catholic group has sent the new statues from Lourdes to Erbil, where they will be carried through the streets in procession
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Vatican article says ‘main obstacle’ for Pope Francis is bishops, priests
Jul 24, 2017
Shortly after one Vatican article stirred debate by asserting there's an "ecumenism of hate" in the U.S. between conservative Evangelicals and Catholics, another over the weekend asserted that the "main obstacle" to implementing Pope Francis's vision for the Church is “closure, if not hostility” from “a good part of the clergy, at levels both high and low.”
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Bishops: August 10 a 'black day' for discriminated Dalit Christians
Jul 24, 2017
The initiative of Indian Bishops' Conference Office for Dalits and Disadvantaged Classes. The constitutional order of 1950 excludes all non-Hindus from the advantages reserved to the former "untouchables". In the following years, the changes included Sikhs and Buddhists. Christian and Muslim Dalits are marginalized
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This boy invited Pope Francis on a pilgrimage – and here's how he responded
Jul 24, 2017
Nine-year-old Andrea is an Italian boy who joined 130 children last month for a “Pilgrimage of Joy” to the Marian Shrine of Loreto, Italy.
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Israeli Embassy in Amman: Two Jordanians killed and one Israeli wounded
Jul 24, 2017
Amman's security forces seal off neighborhood. Little news from Jordanian police. The Israeli foreign ministry censors information. Pope Francis makes appeal.
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Deaths in smuggler's truck 'completely senseless,' Texas archbishop says
Jul 24, 2017
The deaths of at least nine people due to heat in an alleged immigrant smuggler’s truck parked in San Antonio are an occasion for tears, prayers, and action to end such situations, the local archbishop has said.
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Catholic women's conference to be held in New Mexico
Jul 23, 2017
The Women of Grace apostolate will mark 30 years at its national conference this year, an event which aims to help women celebrate their “gift of authentic femininity.”
Sunday Reflection
Jesus did not turn away from His mission
Today, Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week, the high point of the Church’s year, climaxing in the Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.