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For Thai Buddhists and Muslims, Laudato si’ teaches us to care for creation
Oct 31, 2016
Pope Francis’s Laudato si’ looks “at the facts of life that are close to us, that affect our daily lives," said Chamnien Woraratnachaipan, representative of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with respect to the pope’s latest encyclical.
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Iraqi archbishop remains hopeful: 'There will always be Christians' here
Oct 29, 2016
Iraqi Christians stranded in Kurdistan have some reason for hope, now that the battle for Mosul and the Nineveh Plane has begun.
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Francis “ready to visit” South Sudan
Oct 28, 2016
Anglican, Catholic and Presbyterian leaders want Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury to make joint peace mission to country
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Pope: God weeps over disasters, wars, over killed children
Oct 28, 2016
"Someone said that God became man in order to cry, cry at what his children had done." "He weeps for this humanity that does not understand the peace that He gives us the peace of love."
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“Luther’s thinking and spirituality were Christocentric”
Oct 28, 2016
Ahead of Pope Francis’ visit to Lund, a look at the words Benedict XVI pronounced during his visit to Erfurt in 2011: “Faith that is lived from deep within amid a secularised world is the most powerful ecumenical force that brings us together, guiding us towards unity in the one Lord.”
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Pope calls for “concerted, active and constant effort" against human trafficking
Oct 28, 2016
Francis received the participants at the Conference, promoted in the Vatican, the so-called "Santa Marta Group" against trafficking in human beings. The group is led by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and Bernard Hogan-Howe, head of London's Metropolitan Police.
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Human trafficking and the mission of Sr. Bernadette Saragih ESF
Oct 28, 2016
For years, the Franciscan sister Bernadette Saragih ESF has been committed to helping and saving young women deceived and exploited by prostitution racket in Malaysia. "These girls are 'blocked', they do not know how to react. Our mission in the world today: to help the desperate. "
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From Sri Lanka to Myanmar, Catholics Singaporeans evangelise in Asia
Oct 28, 2016
Each year, CHARIS Caritas Humanitarian Aid and Relief Initiatives, Singapore) organises missionary activities across the continent. One volunteer, Kok Xuan Er, worked in Colombo. Sister Angela educates Burmese girls.
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Holy See: Women should have greater role in peace building
Oct 28, 2016
The special capacities of women are essential to 'spare our world from further scourges of war'.
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Catholic-Lutheran hurdles still exist, but surprising progress has been made
Oct 28, 2016
Ahead of Pope Francis’ coming trip to Sweden to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Catholic and Lutheran leaders have said that while there is still a long way to go toward unity, seemingly impossible steps have already been made.
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.