Shanghai's regional and minor seminary will not reopen at the beginning of September until further notice, and a Nun who is faithful to the Pope was forced to resign as superior general of her order... these are some of the "revenge" moves by the Patriotic Association to express its anger at Msgr. Ma Taddeo Daqin's decision to leave the Chinese government controlled Catholic Church, and return to the Vatican approved Church.

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Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia unveiled a new school system this morning that will be run by an independent Catholic foundation and will serve the archdiocese's high schools and special education programs.

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A young Catholic blogger Marc Barnes thinks out aloud regarding the moral issue of condoms. Read all the way to the bottom to see the conclusion he reaches.

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Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai of Antioch, the head of the Maronite Catholic Church, has warned that the armed conflict in Syria is affecting neighboring Lebanon and could trigger a major conflict in the country.

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Tunisia was once the beating heart of Western Christianity. Saint Cyprian, one of the Fathers of the early Church, was a bishop here; Felicity and Perpetua suffered martyrdom, and Saint Augustine preached here against the errors of his time. But little remains today of this glory of the early Church. Instead the wind whistles through the ruins of the basilicas and baptisteries of ancient Carthage, close to the capital, Tunis.

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The situation of the Catholic Church in China is quite complicated. The communist regime wants to control religious practice of the Church, which includes appointing the bishops of its choice, without the consent of the Pope. So really the Church is divided in two. One that's described as the so called patriotic church and the other is the underground Church that remains loyal to the Pope.

For the first time in Pakistan's history, the country's 'black law' has been used against a minor, a disabled 11-year-old Christian girl. Arrested on blasphemy charges, Rimsha Masih, who suffers from Down's syndrome, could get life in prison.

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There are more than 900 churches in Rome, and among them sits the Great Synagogue. Located in the Jewish quarter known as 'The Ghetto', the temple was built back in 1904. However, the Jewish community here dates back much further.

Would you please join in praying with Archbishop Nassar of Syria - the Act of Consecration of Syria to the Immaculate Heart of Mary which he will make at 6pm (Syrian Time) on August 15th 2012 - Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven. Wherever you are in the world on that day at 6pm – or when you can - please join in this consecration in support of the Archbishop.

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The Diocese of Cucuta in Colombia condemned the death of Father Pablo Emilio Sanchez Alabarracin, who died from the injuries he sustained during a break-in at his parish rectory. Fr. Sanchez died on Aug. 11, three days after being robbed and stabbed by an intruder at the parish rectory of Holy Mary Mother of God, located in the town of Patios in northern Colombia.