Global Church News
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Renewing faith in Christ, in memory of the blessed martyrs
Jan 07, 2019
The nuns from of the Sisters of Charity remember and “are grateful to the missionaries who with their blood planted the seeds of faith in Christ in the heart of Laotians”. Christmas celebrations are held in Nasay, a village whose residents were once all animist and are now almost all Catholic.
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Forty “missionaries” killed worldwide in 2018
Jan 07, 2019
The Vatican’s Fides news agency has brought out its annual year-end tally of “missionaries” and pastoral workers killed last year.
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Sibling survivors of India’s anti-Christian violence opt for consecrated life
Jan 07, 2019
On December 27, Fr. Anand was ordained a priest of the Order of Friars Minor and his sister, Anjali, pronounced her final vows as a member of the Society of Saint Anne of Luzern. The two are survivors of India’s 2008 anti-Christian violence in Odisha state.
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Maryknoll missionary serving Muslims in Bangladesh for 43 years
Jan 07, 2019
US-born Fr Robert Terence McCahill is 81 years old. He came to Bangladesh in 1975 after 11 years in the Philippines. He chose to live poor among the poor. Muslims call him "brother Bob".
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Hong Kong bishop Michael Yeung Ming-Cheung has died
Jan 04, 2019
Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung of Hong Kong died on January 3 at the age of 73.
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Christian, Muslim leaders join Jordan’s king for Christmas celebration
Jan 04, 2019
As sectarian strife engulfs neighboring Mideast countries, Jordan’s King Abdullah II invited Catholic and other leaders to celebrate Christmas in the spirit of fraternity and harmony the holiday symbolizes.
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Pope Francis appoints two Italian journalists to Vatican Communications team in major shake up
Jan 04, 2019
Pope Francis has introduced major changes to the Vatican Communications department by appointing two Italian journalists, married laymen, to key positions.
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Cardinal Bo spells out five-point plan for Asian Church
Jan 04, 2019
A month after his election as president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) Myanmar Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon released a five-point Christmas message.
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Redemptorists a godsend for Vietnamese war veterans
Jan 04, 2019
Vietnamese war veterans who lost their limbs and loved ones over four decades ago are getting a dose of Christmas this year from the charitable endeavors of Redemptorists active in the country.
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Sunday Reflection
Be generative, as your Father is generative
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Dr Lawrence Ng
