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After Marawi, terrorists remain threat in Philippines, officials say

The threat of violent extremism remains in the predominantly Catholic Philippines even after the end of a five-month siege by terrorists in a southern city, said Catholic and Muslim officials. Fr. Jerome Secillano, executive secretary of the Philippines bishops’ Public Affairs Committee, told Catholic News Service that, according to some analysts and the president, “terrorist […]

Pope: ‘The Mass is not a show,’ put away the phones!

On November 8th 2017, on Wednesday a fiery Pope Francis chastised those who spend Mass talking to others, looking at their phone or even taking pictures during papal liturgies, saying these are distractions that take focus away from the “heart of the Church,” which is the Eucharist. “The Mass is not a show: it is […]

Papal Nuncio in Syria wants to restart free medical aid program

Card. Mario Zenari, apostolic nuncio in Syria, has restarted the “Open Hospitals” project, reported the AsiaNews agency on November 2, 2017. This health program aims to offer free medical attention to all Syrians. “From an economic and social point of view, the situation remains difficult” in Syria, Cardinal Zenari said. Poverty is spreading while prices […]

Vietnam church to be rebuilt half-century after destruction

A diocese in northern Vietnam has begun constru-ction of a church dedicated to Dominican martyrs replacing the ruins of an earlier one destroyed during a US air raid in 1967. Bishop Joseph Vu Van Thien of Hai Phong celebrated a special Mass on Nov. 6 to begin the construction of the new church at the […]

Chinese priest valued by open and underground church dies

An elderly Chinese priest who died following an accident at a construction site has been remembered by both open and underground Catho-lic communities in Wenzh-ou Diocese as an upright man who put the interests of the church first. Fr Thaddaeus Sun Zhenhua died of serious injuries during a pastoral trip when the accident occurred on […]

The Head of the UGCC: “Do not look for other messiahs for only in God is our power, faith and victory!”

“In today’s Gospel we hear a conversation between Jesus Christ and the disciples of John the Baptist. This is a talk about the main questions which John’s pupils ask Jesus: ‘Are you the one who is to come or shall we look for another?’ Actually, this question means: Who are You? This is a consolidation […]

Pope Francis sides with Benedict, says Christ shed his blood ‘for many’

Pope Francis on November 3 appeared to wade into one of the most contentious liturgical debates in Catholicism in recent years, siding with his predecessor Pope emeritus Benedict XVI by insisting that Christ died “for many,” instead of using the phrase “for all.” “The ‘many’ who will rise for eternal life are to be understood […]

An ‘ecumenical Mass’ is impossible, says German cardinal

Cardinal Woelki said there is ‘no basis’ for such a service as Catholics and Protestants do not agree on the Eucharist. Catholics and Protestants do not have enough in common to celebrate a so-called ‘ecumenical Mass,’ a German cardinal has said. Card. Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne said there is “no basis” for such a […]