Third Catholic church in eastern Myanmar hit by military strikes

Another church in Kayah state, a Catholic stronghold in eastern Myanmar, was damaged by indiscriminate shelling by the military. Military fire hit Our Lady, Queen of Peace Church in the village of Doungankha on Sunday morning. Church leaders said there were no casualties as people had fled to relatives’ homes and into the jungle, ucanews.com... Read More

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June 7, 2021

Citing ‘systemic failures’ in handling abuse, cardinal offers resignation

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, saying that bishops must begin to accept responsibility for the institutional failures of the Church in handling the clerical sexual abuse crisis. Cardinal Marx released a statement last Friday and, with the pope’s permission, a copy of the letter dated... Read More

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June 7, 2021

Pope expresses shock, prays for healing following discovery of mass grave at Canadian residential school

Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain for “the shocking discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 children, pupils of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, in the province of British Columbia.” Speaking after the recitation of the Angelus prayer, the pope said he “joins the Canadian Bishops and the whole Catholic Church in Canada... Read More

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June 2, 2021

‘We are delighted to have him back’: Blessed Carlo’s relics arrive in London

Two parishes in the diocese of Westminster have each been presented with a relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis. On 21st May, Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Bishop Nicholas Hudson welcomed Fr Pat Ryall, parish priest at Our Lady of Dolours Servite Church, Fulham Road and Fr Alan Robinson, Rector of the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament,... Read More

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May 25, 2021

Authorities in northern China arrest underground bishop, priests, seminarians

Authorities in northern China have arrested a Vatican-appointed Catholic bishop, his seven priests and 10 seminarians in what is seen as part of a renewed crackdown on the underground Catholic Church in the communist country. Ucanews.com reported police arrested 63-year-old Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu of Xinxiang on 21st May, a day after they detained the... Read More

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May 24, 2021

US bishop echoes cardinal’s call for prayers for the people of China

The chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace invited Catholics in the United States to offer prayers for the people of China and the well-being of the Catholic Church in that country (May 23rd-30th). Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, Illinois, supported the week of prayer, as called for in March... Read More

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May 20, 2021

International Eucharistic Congress organisers hopeful as Covid cases drop

As more Europeans are vaccinated and coronavirus cases continue to decrease, organisers of the upcoming 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, are optimistic that pilgrims will be able attend the event in September in person rather than online. At a news conference in Budapest, the organisers told journalists they are preparing for an “offline congress,” which... Read More

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May 18, 2021

Officials say arson caused fire that destroyed landmark Catholic church

Federal investigators have ruled arson was the cause of a blaze that destroyed a Catholic church once considered the heart of Northeast Philadelphia’s historic Tacony neighbourhood. Early in the evening on 9th May, fire ravaged the former St Leo the Great Church, gutting the structure. The blaze, which originated in the church, also severely damaged the former parish... Read More

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April 24, 2021

Head of Ukrainian Catholic Church grateful for papal support amid tension

The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church has thanked Pope Francis for publicly voicing concern about the ongoing war in Eastern Ukraine and the increased presence of Russian troops on border. In an interview with Vatican News, Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, said he wanted to express “profound gratitude for the Holy... Read More

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December 31, 2020

Fides says 20 ‘missionaries’ died violently in 2020

Attacked because of their faith, killed in a robbery, murdered in a general climate of violence or struck down by someone with obvious mental difficulties, the 20 missionaries who died violent deaths in 2020 were witnesses of the Gospel, said Fides, the Vatican’s missionary news agency. Presenting its annual list of missionaries killed during the... Read More

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Third Catholic church in eastern Myanmar hit by military strikes

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Authorities in northern China arrest underground bishop, priests, seminarians

US bishop echoes cardinal’s call for prayers for the people of China

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Officials say arson caused fire that destroyed landmark Catholic church

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