Global Church News
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Italian Bishops promote Catholic-Jewish dialogue as antisemitic speech increases
Jan 17, 2020
The Catholic Church in Italy marked its 31st annual Day of Jewish-Christian Religious Dialogue with a discussion between Rome’s chief rabbi and a Catholic priest who is a professor of the Old Testament.
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Tabernacle retrieved intact from church destroyed by earthquake in Puerto Rico
Jan 17, 2020
Precariously resting on the edge of an altar leaning forward from the impact of the earthquake that struck Puerto Rico, a tabernacle was retrieved intact from a church in Puerto Rico and brought to safety.
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Salesian varsity receives ‘Engaged University of the Year 2020 Award”
Jan 17, 2020
ssam Don Bosco University won the “Engaged University of the Year 2020 Asia Pacific (Entrepreneurship and Engagement Excellence) Award” on January 10.
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Filipino parish launches rosary devotion and action campaign
Jan 17, 2020
A Catholic parish in this town launched a Rosary devotion with a charitable action program on Jan. 1, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.
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Bishops call for the release of kidnapped seminarians
Jan 17, 2020
The Catholic Bishops of Nigeria are appealing for the release of four major seminarians kidnapped in Kaduna, Nigeria, by unknown gunmen on the night of 8 January.
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2020
Jan 17, 2020
This year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began on Saturday, January 18.
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Mongolia and the Holy See open to cultural and scholarly exchanges
Jan 16, 2020
Mongolian scholars will have access to the Vatican Secret Archive. The Vatican will teach Latin to Mongolian scholars so that they can better understand the documents. In May, a photo exhibition will be held at the Holy See to mark 800 years of Mongolia’s ancient imperial capital.
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Australian Bishops support proposed climate Change Bill
Jan 16, 2020
Australia’s Catholic Bishops support a proposed Climate Change Bill that aims to provide a national framework for action in response to climate change emergencies.
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Meet Aiku who dreams of becoming a deacon
Jan 16, 2020
This is a conversion story. It is also the story of the evangelization of French Guiana. Aikumale Alemin, of Amerinda Wayana ethnicity, is a convert to Catholicism who is training to become a deacon. His spiritual journey is not an easy one, as he lives in a landlocked territory where Catholics are a minority.
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Philippine Church appeals for solidarity for volcano evacuees
Jan 16, 2020
One of the most active volcanoes of the Philippines, Taal Volcano, in the middle of a lake about 70 km south of the capital, Manila, has been spewing smoke and ash since Sunday. The government has ordered about half million people to evacuate from within a 14-km radius of the volcano.
Sunday Reflection
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time: The Lamb of God
“Lamb of God.” We use that term so often that it is easy for us to overlook the deep theology and the unfathomable love of our God contained in His sending His Son to be the Lamb.
