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Oppressed Christians in Bangladesh are awaiting papal visit (Aid to the Church in Need)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 5:11 am The nation of 156 million is 89% Muslim and 10% Hindu, with a tiny Christian community.
In the sky this week (Vatican Observatory Foundation)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 5:11 amPope's open-air Mass biggest event in Myanmar history (UCANews)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 5:11 amFederal court grants 51 Indonesian Christians a temporary stay of deportation (Religion Clause)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 5:11 amBangladesh: Muslim leader to present Pope with fatwa against extremism (AsiaNews)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 5:11 am The document denouncing extremism has reportedly been signed by 100,000 imams.
Court strikes down Texas law against dismemberment abortions (Religion Clause)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 5:11 amTrue justice and peace are for all people, Pope tells Buddhist leaders
EWTN - World Catholic News - Nov 29, 2017 at 4:50 am Yangon, Burma, Nov 29, 2017 / 05:34 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In a meeting with Buddhist monks in Burma on Wednesday, Pope Francis
stressed that true and lasting justice and peace...
True justice and peace are for all people, Pope tells Buddhist leaders
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 29, 2017 at 4:34 am Yangon, Burma, Nov 29, 2017 / 03:34 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In a meeting with Buddhist monks in Burma on Wednesday, Pope Francis stressed that true and lasting justice and peace...
Bishops hurt, disappointed by papal decision not to visit India (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 4:11 am Pope Francis has visited Sri Lanka and will soon visit Bangladesh. The secretary-general of the Indian bishops’ conference said that “the Pope is visiting two smaller countries...
Ukrainian Catholic leader: Moscow's desire to dominate is major obstacle to peace (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 4:11 amDR Congo bishops thank Pope for prayer service, again call on Kabila to step down (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 4:11 am Last week, Pope Francis presided at a prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica for peace in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ignoring constitutional term...
“Catholics and Buddhists together to heal the wounds of the Burmese people”
Vatican Insider - Nov 29, 2017 at 3:28 am Pope Francis is surrounded by monks dressed in dark red in the Kaba Aye Center of Yangon and on his third day in Myanmar, he wants to send a strong signal in a country where...
Poland to phase out Sunday shopping by 2020 (Catholic Herald)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 3:11 amResignations and appointments (11/28) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 3:11 am Pope Francis appointed new bishops in Argentina and Costa Rica.
ISIS claims suicide attack in Baghdad suburb (ABC News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 3:11 am L’Osservatore Romano (11/29 Italian edition) devoted front-page coverage to this story.
Syrian refugee ordained in Australia (The Catholic Leader (Brisbane))
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 3:11 am The Melkite Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See, permits the ordination of married men.
Trump, Macron agree on Geneva process to end Syrian crisis (Press Trust of India)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 3:11 am L’Osservatore Romano (11/29 Italian edition) devoted front-page coverage to this story.
Largest Michelangelo exhibition in history opens in New York City (Lonely Planet)
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 3:11 amAt National Press Club, Iraqi archbishop, other panelists urge continued support for persecuted Christians (Catholic Standard (Washington))
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 29, 2017 at 3:11 am “It was a really horrible experience, a terrifying experience for the Christians to be asked to convert to Islam, pay the jizya tax, or leave,” said Archbishop Bashar Warda.