Global Church News

  • Global community do more for climate change!

    Sep 27, 2019

    In a video message sent on Sept. 23 to participants at the U.N. Climate Action Summit in New York, Pope Francis called climate change “one of the most serious and worrying phenomena of our time.”

  • How dare you!

    Sep 27, 2019

    Before world leaders made their carbon commitments in three-minute speeches, the 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg offered an emotional appeal in which she chided the leaders with the repeated phrase, “How dare you.”

  • Fr Tapan De Rozario teaches respect for religions at the University of Dhaka

    Sep 27, 2019

    The diocesan priest headed the Department of World Religions and Culture for three years. The latter has 120 students and 19 professors. Antor Tripura is the only Christian student. For Muslim student, “all religions speak of human well-being."

  • Interfaith meet pray for peace on Teresa’s ‘Inspiration Day’

    Sep 27, 2019

    An interfaith prayer for peace and harmony was held at the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata on September 10, commonly known as ‘Inspiration Day.’

  • Pope, patriarch discuss canon law’s relationship to ecumenism

    Sep 27, 2019

    The search for Christian unity must involve all aspects of the churches’ lives, including their different church laws, Pope Francis said.

  • Strife over Marian shrine in China

    Sep 27, 2019

    Faithful celebrate feast day in the face of official antagonism and restrictions in Shanxi.

  • Irish Bishops join Global Climate Strike

    Sep 27, 2019

    Friday 20 September, representatives of the Council for Justice and Peace of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference will take to the streets to stand in solidarity with young people at the Global Climate Strike.

  • Priesthood is a gift, not a job

    Sep 27, 2019

    Being a priest is not a job or fulfilling an employment contract but is a gift from God that should be contemplated and treasured as such, Pope Francis said.

  • Cardinal Tagle baptises 450 street kids in Manila

    Sep 27, 2019

    The Tulay ng Kabataan Foundation, headed by Fr Matthieu Dauchez, is helping children. The Archdiocese and the Foundation want to correct the false belief that Catholics must pay to receive the Sacraments. In 21 years, the Foundation has helped over 55,000 children, including the Servant of God Darwin Ramos.

  • Jesuit educator decries state of education in Philippines

    Sep 27, 2019

    A leading Jesuit educator in Manila has decried what he described as the sorry state of education in the Philippines, saying "miseducation is systemic."