Global Church News
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Pope Francis names Bishop Baldacchino to lead Las Cruces Diocese
May 17, 2019
Pope Francis Wednesday appointed Bishop Peter Baldacchino to head the Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico – making him the first diocesan bishop associated with the Neocatechumenal Way to serve in a mainland U.S. diocese.
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Nun who started congregation to care for mentally ill women
May 17, 2019
Sister Roselin Chirayil left the Daughters of Mary to start a new order solely dedicated to caring for women with mental illnesses who live in poverty. Her Sisters of Mercy congregation works with women who often hit and bite her and her sisters.
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Pope advances sainthood causes, including Brazil's 'Mother Teresa'
May 17, 2019
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of four men and four women, including Blessed Dulce Lopes Pontes, the "Mother Teresa" of Brazil.
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Jesuits training aims to spread Ignatian spirituality
May 17, 2019
A group of Jesuits underwent intense five-week training on Ignatian sources to help those interested in discernment and experience of Christ in daily life.
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Card Filoni in Thailand to mark 350th anniversary of the first Apostolic Vicariate of Siam
May 17, 2019
The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples is in Bangkok. His pastoral visit will end on 21 May in Ayutthaya, the cradle of Thai Christianity. The first missionaries to settle in Siam were two Portuguese Dominicans in 1567. Today the country is home to about 300,000 Catholics, 0.46 per cent of the population.
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Pope’s Romania visit could heal Catholic-Orthodox relations, expert says
May 17, 2019
When Pope Francis makes his 30th international trip, visiting Romania in late May, he is likely to receive a different, more reserved welcome than St. John Paul II did 20 years ago, said an expert in Catholic-Orthodox relations.
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As Lebanon mourns, the remains of Card Sfeir arrive in Bkerké
May 16, 2019
The hearse bearing the coffin travelled along a road lined with people holding flags, banners, and pictures of the late patriarch. The ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, and the UAE expressed their condolences. In a telegram, the Pope calls Sfeir "a great figure in the history of Lebanon".
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Caritas Europa urges future EU parliamentarians to aid families
May 16, 2019
In a message in view of the May 15 International Day of Families, Caritas Europa is urging candidates contesting in the European Parliament elections this month to defend family values and interests.
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Irish Church Leaders: “A time for courageous leadership”
May 16, 2019
Christian leaders in Northern Ireland release a joint statement encouraging “substantive development” in talks between political parties, after having met with party leaders in Belfast.
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Cardinal Krajewski: I have reactivated the light for the survival of families and children
May 16, 2019
The Papal Almoner explained the reason which led him to reactivate the electricity in an occupied building in Rome. The Cardinal called it a “desperate and humanitarian gesture to help families struggling to survive.”
Sunday Reflection
Sixth Sunday of Easter: Three Cultures
Today’s first reading presents the solution to the great internal struggle of the Primitive or Earliest Church. Externally, it was the question of whether or not gentile Christians had to practise Jewish customs.
