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Facebook restores Catholic pages after their accidental removal

At least 25 Catholic Facebook pages in Portuguese and English, with many followers, were unpublished without warning between the night of July 17 and the next morning. The pages have since been restored, and Facebook has apologized for their accidental removal.

Vietnamese Catholic blogger sentenced to 10 years in prison

Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, a co-founder of a network of bloggers, was found guilty of “conducting propaganda against the communist government” under Article 88 of the Criminal Law. The government indictment accused Quynh of Facebook posts from 2012 to 2016 “criticizing and deforming the Communist Party’s policies and history, and dividing national solidarity.”

Pope Francis tells divorced women, ‘the Church embraces you’

Meeting with 35 separated and divorced women from the Spanish diocese of Toledo, Pope Francis told them to pray for their ex-husbands. The pontiff asked to meet with the group after the women sent him a letter describing their situation, telling them, according to one participant, the Church “welcomes and embraces” them.

Killed for love: How new martyrs showcase new kind of martyrdom
- Global Church
- April 20, 2017
Pope Francis will visit the Church of San Bartolomeo on Rome’s Tiber Island on Saturday in order to celebrate the memory of the Church’s contemporary martyrs. Although the total number of Christians killed each year for reasons linked to their faith is staggering, here’s a sampling of some of those who were killed in what St. John Paul II called ‘odium amoris,’ meaning ‘hatred of love.’
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The power and problems of Pentecostalism
- Commentary
- March 31, 2017
In every part of the world, people are leaving the Catholic Church for evangelical and pentecostal movements. One Catholic priest – a convert from Evangelicalism – tells us why they are so attractive, and what the Catholic Church can learn from these communities.
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Cardinal: ‘By African standards, I’m not conservative, I’m normal’
- AfricaUND, Global Church, Interviews
- March 23, 2017
A major four-day conference on African Christian theology is taking place March 22-25 hosted by the University of Dame, and held at the university’s “Global Gateway” center in Rome. One of the guests is Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze, the former head of the Vatican’s department on liturgy.
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