Global Church News

  • Australian Church launches collaboration to deal with natural disasters

    Jan 29, 2020

    In light of the recent massive bushfires that have engulfed parts of Australia, the Church in the country launches a new initiative to deal with natural disasters.

  • Archbishop Rodrigues: The Word of God is a message of salvation

    Jan 29, 2020

    The Archdiocese of Mumbai celebrated the first Sunday of the Word of God at the Archdiocesan seminary in Goregaon. “Jesus is the light of the nation,” he said, whilst “The Bible gives us the faith experience of the apostles and the communities they founded.” The prelate also highlighted the values enshrined in the Constitution as the celebration fell on Republic Day.

  • Wuhan virus reveals fragility of Chinese giant

    Jan 29, 2020

    The news that comes in waves from China about the spread of the coronavirus shows how fragile the Chinese giant is.

  • Papua New Guinea Church against social ills

    Jan 29, 2020

    The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has denounced illegal activities, prostitution, drug dealing and money laundering in the country, saying they are on the increase and human trafficking appears dramatically "normal".

  • Catholics slam ruling that allows the government to choose teachers in minority schools

    Jan 29, 2020

    Religious schools enjoy administrative autonomy under the Indian Constitution. However, the Supreme Court now opens them up to state interference. “Minority institutions must respect minimum criteria for the admission of students as well as the recruitment of teachers, like any other institution,” Kolkata teacher noted.

  • Catholic agencies disappointed by court's order limiting immigrant aid

    Jan 29, 2020

    Catholic Charities USA and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, known as CLINIC, expressed disappointment with the Supreme Court's Jan. 27 order allowing the Trump administration to go forward with a new rule meant to limit immigrants' use of government benefit programs.

  • UN event on the Church’s effort to save lives during the Holocaust

    Jan 28, 2020

    On the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, January 27, the United Nations is holding a symposium on the Church's action to save lives during the Holocaust.

  • Archbishop Barwa: SCI’s acquittal of 3,700 involved in the Kandhamal massacres is an injustice

    Jan 28, 2020

    In 2008, Hindu extremists killed more than a hundred Christians because of the murder of a Hindu cleric by Maoists but blamed on Christians. Out of approximately 6,600 arrests, only 79 ended in a conviction. In 2020-2021 the local Church will host the Plenary Assembly of the Latin Synod so that it “will take the bishops to the places of the massacres.” For the archbishop, “it will be a moment of blessing for our people, to strengthen faith and courage.”

  • Director of Auschwitz: Memory is essential

    Jan 28, 2020

    Two hundred survivors gather at Auschwitz to commemorate the liberation of the concentration and extermination camp operated by the Nazis. During Sunday’s Angelus Pope Francis appealed for remembrance of the Holocaust saying that “in the face of this immense tragedy indifference is not admissible and memory is due.” On the occasion of this anniversary, the director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum speaks to Vatican News about the importance of memory in a world of rapid change.

  • Pope at Mass: ‘Make room in your lives for the Word of God’

    Jan 28, 2020

    Pope Francis says we need God’s Word so that we can hear, amid the thousands of other words in our daily lives, that one word that speaks to us not about things, but about life. His call to the faithful comes during Holy Mass to celebrate the first Sunday of the World of God.