Global Church News
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Taiwan Catholics urged to evangelise
Mar 15, 2019
Some 10,000 Catholics attending the Fourth Taiwan Eucharistic Congress have been encouraged by Cardinal Fernando Filoni to draw on the graces of the Holy Sacrament when evangelising.
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Indonesian Catholics urged to vote on Wednesday of Holy Week
Mar 15, 2019
The Indonesian Bishops’ Conference has stressed the importance of Catholics exercising their right to vote in presidential and legislative elections taking place during Holy Week.
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Finding Christ through books: The conversion of a Japanese nun
Mar 15, 2019
Sister Piermaria Kondo Rumiko was born into a Shinto family. During her childhood, her religious experience was influenced by her grandmother. She became a Christian at 24, after a period of personal difficulties and illness. For her, "Faith is a grace” and her vocation has made her happy.
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Young Bangladeshi Catholics told to turn off phones
Mar 15, 2019
In a Lenten message to young Catholics in Bangladesh, Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario of Dhaka called on them to get closer to Jesus Christ and to refrain from using their mobile phones every Friday leading to Easter Sunday.
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Bishops appeal for Lent: “Let us fast from lies”
Mar 15, 2019
“A fast of lies that inundate and poison interpersonal and social relations.” This is what the Bishops of Benin propose in their Lenten message, in which they exhort the faithful to remain silent and to listen to the Word of God. A silence that is extended to social media.
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Fr Zollner: Do justice for victims of clerical sexual abuse
Mar 15, 2019
Fr Hans Zollner, SJ, President of the Centre for Child Protection at the Pontifical Gregorian University, discusses the initial results he has observed since the Meeting on the “Protection of Minors in the Church”.
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German bishops announce 'synodal process' on celibacy, sexual morality
Mar 15, 2019
Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising has announced that the Catholic Church in Germany is embarking on a "binding synodal process" to tackle what he says are the three key issues arising from the clerical abuse crisis: priestly celibacy, the Church's teaching on sexual morality, and a reduction of clerical power.
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Catholic Charities Maine receives grant to expand elderly ministries
Mar 15, 2019
Catholic Charities Maine has received a $100,000 grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service to support 165 volunters aiding the state's senior citizens.
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Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels dies at the age of 85
Mar 15, 2019
Cardinal Godfried Danneels died Thursday at the age of 85 in his native Belgium. Danneels served as Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and leader of the Belgian Bishops’ Conference for more than thirty years.
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Challenges of the mission in India are the poor, youth and reconciliation
Mar 15, 2019
During his visit to India, Fr Arturo Sosa, Superior-General of the Society of Jesus discussed the challenges the Church’s mission faces over the next
Sunday Reflection
Second Sunday of Lent: On being transfigured
Today’s readings help us to refocus on the spiritual in our lives, to refocus on the mystical. The mystery of God has entered human history in the covenant God made with this wandering Armenian, Abram, whom He now names Abraham.
