Global Church News
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Misereor raises alarm: 13 percent of the world's population secures half of Covid-19 vaccines
Jan 18, 2021
The Catholic aid organisation Misereor calls on the European Union to provide all people with fair and rapid access to vaccines against the coronavirus after it became known that only 13% of the world's population has already secured half of the Covid-19 vaccines.
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Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham celebrates 10th anniversary
Jan 18, 2021
Ten years ago, on 15 January 2011, the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham was established by a decree of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the first fruits of the Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus.
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Church in England and Wales celebrates Peace Sunday
Jan 18, 2021
The Catholic Church in England and Wales celebrates Peace Sunday on 17 January with resources and contributions provided by Pax Christi.
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Iraq’s Catholics begin prayer for Pope’s visit
Jan 18, 2021
Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphaël Sako has composed a prayer that the churches across Iraq will recite from Sunday, 17 January, in preparation for the visit of Pope Francis in March.
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‘Catholic well’ supplies clean water to Mongolian families
Jan 18, 2021
Salesian mission plays an important role in the mission of the tiny Mongolian Church
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A grim year for Pakistan's persecuted religious minorities
Jan 18, 2021
Rights activists in Pakistan have endorsed the findings of a leading advocacy group that reported a grim situation for religious minorities last year.
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Shut down all churches in India's tribal areas, Hindu group demands
Jan 18, 2021
A right-wing Hindu group has demanded an immediate shutdown of all churches built in tribal areas of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and action against Christian priests and pastors involved in alleged religious conversion.
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Human trafficking added to Cambodian school curriculum
Jan 15, 2021
Human trafficking has been added to the school syllabus in Cambodia as students return to classes for the new year after extended breaks in 2020 were enforced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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One hundred days of unjust imprisonment for Fr Stan Swamy
Jan 15, 2021
January 15 marked one hundred days since 83-year-old Jesuit Fr Stan Swamy was taken into custody from his residence in Ranchi (Jharkhand).
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Indian priest appointed member of Pontifical Biblical Commission
Jan 15, 2021
Pope Francis has appointed Society of Jesus priest Henry Pattarumadathil as a member of Pontifical Biblical Commission.
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Sunday Reflection
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time: Temples of God
A number of years ago, I came upon three very disappointed young ladies in our Life Teen Programme. They were just freshmen and had been looking forward to the Homecoming Dance, their first big high school dance. Well, the dance was not what they expected.
