Global Church News

Women's authority can help heal our church's broken governance

Mar 18, 2019

Women do not have to wait to be ordained as deacons or priests to begin exercising our authority in the church.
US Cardinal DiNardo suffers mild stroke

Mar 18, 2019

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is hospitalized after suffering a mild stroke.
Card. Gracias to Catholics: Voting is a sacred duty, Do so wisely

Mar 18, 2019

The president of the Indian bishops appeals to the faithful and pastors. The general elections will take place on seven dates, from 11 April to 19 May. The secretary of the Bishops' Conference asked for voting not to be hold on Holy Thursday. Card Gracias emphasizes: "India needs leaders who understand that authority is a service".
Christchurch massacre, the condolences of the Churches in Asia

Mar 17, 2019

Churches across Asia have joined Pope Francis in expressing their sympathy for the massacre carried out in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The Egyptian government "legalizes" 156 Christian churches

Mar 17, 2019

There are now 783 ecclesiastical buildings that have received legal status after the passage of the 2016 law that governs the construction of churches.
New Zealand, attack on two mosques: 40 dead

Mar 16, 2019

Bangladesh national team players arrived at the attack site five minutes after the shooting. The match scheduled for saturday has been canceled. The bomber is an Australian man "white, extreme right wing terrorist". Hatred towards migrants could be at the origin of the massacre.
Franciscan friar applies faith in organic farming

Mar 15, 2019

Franciscan monk educates farmers on how to profit, reap 'spiritual energy' by focusing on local seeds, ditching pesticides.
In Phnom Penh, Catholics to celebrate 154 adult baptisms at Easter

Mar 15, 2019

All nine pastoral sectors of the capital met for catechumens’ decisive call and presentation, including members of the communities in Bati and Tropeang Kragnoun, who recently welcomed their first baptised. Mgr Schmitthaeusler told them “not be afraid to bear witness!"
God is purifying the Church with ‘unbearable’ pain of abuse scandal

Mar 15, 2019

The clerical abuse scandal has caused everyone in the Catholic Church “pain and unbearable suffering,” Pope Francis said, but it also is a call to repentance and the renewal of the Church.
Card Tagle launches appeal to generosity: Lent, a time to return to God

Mar 15, 2019

The Archbishop: "Almsgiving helps us to recognize the Lord Jesus in the poor and needy. It is a path that can lead to true conversion ". In Lent, a second collection is scheduled for Sunday Masses: the collected offerings will be used as emergency funds for disasters.