Global Church News

A Priest's pain: Crosses destroyed, ban on catechism, the vaccine scandal

Aug 17, 2018

Cross and inscription "Catholic Church" removed from church facade. The ban on holding summer youth camps for catechism. Meanwhile, the vaccine scandal breaks out, a sign of a lack of moral values in Chinese society. Vaccinating young people in the spirit, helping them discover their faith, would help Chinese society. The considerations of a priest blogger.
Life of Spanish chemistry professor shows 'holiness is in the ordinary'

Aug 16, 2018

Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri, a Spanish member of Opus Dei who is moving toward beatification, teaches us that sanctity can be found amidst chemistry
Vatican lauded for role in UN deal on migration

Aug 16, 2018

When the draft of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration was finalised at the United Nations last month, it was considered a major feat by international delegations who have worked the past two years to achieve consensus on an issue where countries around the world struggle to find agreement.
From France to Panama, 150-day sailing pilgrimage to WYD 2019

Aug 15, 2018

A group of young people from France are taking a novel route to attend World Youth Day 2019 in Panama - 3 sail boats for 105 days of transatlantic travel.
Discalced Carmelites use time-honored skills to construct new monastery

Aug 15, 2018

The grinding sounds of an excavation and construction site yielded to the intonation of a solemn pontifical Mass and prayers for the future on a vista in Fairfield July 25, where construction is underway for a second monastery for the Discalced Carmelite nuns in the Harrisburg Diocese.
World must not forget suffering of Ukraine and its people, says prelate

Aug 15, 2018

Since 2014 Ukraine “has been a victim of relentless military aggression” and suffered countless human tragedies, but now the media’s attention has shifted away from the country to other conflict zones, the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said in an address in Baltimore.
Manila hit by floods, Card Tagle opens churches to those affected

Aug 14, 2018

About 1.1 million people are affected by severe flooding in the weekend in Philippine capital and surrounding areas.
For missionary, the Church in Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a symbol of 'peace for all humanity'

Aug 14, 2018

The Church calls for a Hiroshima’s decisive prophetic commitment to social justice. It expresses a deep desire for forgiveness and reconciliation for a new civilisation of love found in Nagasaki. The bomb dropped on the latter exploded on the city’s Catholic district, Urakami, killing tens of thousands.
Chaldean Bishops call for peace in Syria and dialogue between Iran and the United States

Aug 14, 2018

The Synod 2018, held August 7 to 13 in Baghdad, gathered local prelates and those from the diaspora. The tensions between Washington and Tehran worry: no sanctions but diplomacy. The return of Christians and the reconstruction work that are fundamental for the rebirth of Iraq.
Pakistan’s National Minorities Day - mixed feelings

Aug 14, 2018

Shahbaz Bhatti, the Catholic federal minister for minorities who was assassinated in March 2011, had campaigned to have Aug. 11 declared as National Minorities Day in 2009.