Global Church News
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Fr Joseph Aymanathil, the anti-COVID-19 'warrior priest', is dead
Jul 28, 2020
The dwellers of Kolkata’s slums knew the clergyman as Dr A.C. Originally from Kerala, southern India, Fr. Joseph had been in Kolkata for 30 years. He was a pioneer in education for slum dwellers who had not attended school for years. Through his hard work, he not only provided access to an education, but also gave food to the hungry.
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Christians and Muslims mourn the death of Fr Homrich, a great missionary among the Garos
Jul 28, 2020
The clergyman, who died in the US on Saturday from COVID-19-related complications, served the Church in Bangladesh for 60 years until 2016 when he ret
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French police arrest cathedral volunteer who confesses to Nantes fire
Jul 28, 2020
A Rwandan is facing up to 10 years in prison in France after he confessed to deliberately setting fire to Nantes' Gothic cathedral.
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Totus Tuus missionaries turn to YouTube to spread Gospel
Jul 28, 2020
St. Cecilia, St. Francis of Assisi and St. John Henry Newman are sharing their stories and coming into homes throughout Michigan's Upper Peninsula via YouTube.
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Christian faith flourishes in the territory of the
Jul 28, 2020
"The parish of Tananukwe includes five villages and a population of 560 families. The majority of the people in this area are Christian, with a strong Catholic presence".
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Cardinal Bo: Hagia Sophia’s conversion into a mosque will ‘reopen wounds’
Jul 27, 2020
As Hagia Sophia opened for Muslim prayers Friday for the first time in 86 years, a leading Asian cardinal said that the decision to turn the building back into a mosque will reopen wounds and intensify divisions.
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Hard work, prayer can lead church to overcome racism, Bishop Fabre says
Jul 27, 2020
The response of Catholics to racism and racial injustice can lead to a watershed moment “if we put in the work we can do and put in the effort that needs to be undertaken,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism.
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The Church participates in the humanitarian service and control of Covid-19 in the largest slum in Asia
Jul 27, 2020
The parish of Saint Anthony in the area of Dharavi, in the archdiocese of Bombay, is offering its contribution to stem the spread of the Covid-19 virus in Dharavi, one of the largest slums in the world, in the Mumbai area (western India), and for the sustenance of the local population, which is in conditions of extreme poverty.
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Two Italian missionaries at the service of the poor have died of coronavirus in Madagascar
Jul 27, 2020
The Catholic Church, in its missionary commitment in many parts of the world, is paying for its contribution to the Covid-19 pandemic which does not spare peoples and nations from all continents. In Antananarivo, two Italian missionaries have died.
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Knights of Columbus founder to be beatified in October
Jul 27, 2020
Fr. Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus Catholic fraternal organization, will be beatified on October 31, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints announced.
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Sunday Reflection
Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: The Culture of Life
The Gospel reading for this Sunday begins with Jesus hearing the news of the death of John the Baptist, who was murdered, as you know, by Herod as part of the plot of his wife, Herodias, to protect her position at court. You know the story.
