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Churchill: When the gunfire stops, he hosts the grieving FacebookTwitterEmail Rev. Avery Comithier of Albanys Elijah Missionary Church.Chris Churchill / Times Union ALBANY — When the citys violence steals another life, grieving families often turn to the Rev. Avery Comithier. The funeral for Shanita Thomas, 32, killed in a January shooting on Central Avenue, was held at Comithiers Elijah Missionary Church. The funeral for 18-year-old Chyna Forney, killed earlier this month, also happened ther...

Clergy arrested as week of prayer for China begins May 25, 2021 senior correspondent A woman prays during Holy Thursday Mass March 29, 2018, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing. (Credit: Damir Sagolj/Reuters via CNS.) Days before the week of prayer for Catholics in China began Sunday, several clergy and seminarians in the country were arrested for holding services without the permission of the country’s Communist authorities. ROME – Days before the week of prayer for C...

Mary Help of Christians, protector of Chinese Catholics The trust of Chinese Catholics in Marys help does not diminish despite the difficulties The Marian procession at the shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan in May 2011. (Photo supplied) As Christians celebrate the Feast of Mary Help of Christians on May 24, Catholics are also marking the 13th day of prayer for the Church in China. Pope Benedict XVI established it on May 27, 2017, with his letter to Chinese Catholics. It was celebrated for the fir...

2021/05/24 18:59 Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peters Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peters Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 9, 2021. (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Pope Francis called on Catholics throughout the world to pray for the church in China at the Regina Coeli on Sunday (May 23), per Vatican News. Monday is the feast of Our L...

U.S. Bishops Join Campaign Urging Prayers for China Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo 24 May 2021 The U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) has echoed a summons calling for a special week of prayer for the people of China, in particular for Christians living there. “In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI designated May 24, the feast of Our Lady Help of Christians, as the Worldwide Day of Prayer for the Church in China,” notes a statement on the USCCB website. “This past March, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, archbi...

The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace invited Catholics in the United States to offer prayers for the people of China and the well-being of the Catholic Church in that country May 23-30.

At the Regina Coeli on Sunday, Pope Francis invites the faithful throughout the world to accompany Chinese Catholics in prayer as they prepare to ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI designated May 24 (the feast of Our Lady Help of Christians) as a day of prayer for the Church in China.

Keep the faith: Popes message of hope for devastated Myanmar A true friend to Myanmar asks its suffering people not to plunge into the despair of those who no longer see a way out Published: May 17, 2021 04:04 AM GMT ▾ Updated: May 17, 2021 05:34 AM GMT Pope Francis is a true friend to Myanmar. Throughout his pontificate he has taken a close interest in the country, beatifying Myanmar’s first Blessed, Isodore Ngei Ko Lat, appointing Myanmar’s first cardinal, Charles Bo, establishing dip...

NorthJersey.com She believed that a high-ranking prelate in the Catholic Church who brought food to her impoverished family in Newark — often praising her for being “such a smart and pretty young girl” — had been sent by God. But then Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety, the leader of the Newark Archdiocese in the 1970s and 1980s, allegedly took the girl, who was 5 years old at the time, to his bedroom in the rectory of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart and instructed her to lie on...