Catholic News Service

Glenmary releases list of credible claims, hopes it helps bring ‘healing’
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Oct 15, 2019
Father Dan Dorsey, president of the Glenmary Home Missioners, said the religious community of priests and brothers “has become painfully aware that in the past we have failed to protect minors and vulnerable adults.”
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Indigenous woman brings message from her elders to pope as church elder
- Amazon synod, Catholic News Service
- Oct 15, 2019
Anitalia Pijachi, an indigenous woman from the Amazonian town of Leticia, Colombia, came to the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon bringing a message from the elders of her people to Pope Francis, an elder of the Catholic Church.
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Syriac Catholic patriarch pleads for peace in northeastern Syria
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East
- Oct 14, 2019
The patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church pleaded for “immediate and lasting peace in northeastern Syria and the preservation of innocent lives, especially for Christians, who are the original and founding component of Syria.”
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Ecuador’s president rolls back austerity measures that triggered protests
- Amazon synod, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Oct 14, 2019
Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno met with indigenous leaders and agreed to roll back austerity measures that had sparked 10 days of protests.
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Newman’s conscience insights timely today, says Sydney archbishop
- Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania
- Oct 14, 2019
St. John Henry Newman’s insights into the function and meaning of conscience “could not be more timely” given widespread moral confusion in the Western world, said Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher.
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Visiting Indian archbishop, parish priest die in car accident in California
- Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
- Oct 14, 2019
A pastor in the Diocese of Oakland and a visiting archbishop from India were killed Oct. 10 in a traffic accident in California. Another priest traveling in the car with them was injured in the crash.
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