Global Church News

A tour of Saint John Paul II's Poland

Oct 29, 2015

St. John Paul II had just celebrated the closing Mass of his historic trip to his home country of Poland in 1979 when he turned to survey the crowd of more than a million Poles.
Princeton love and marriage event expects record-breaking attendance

Oct 29, 2015

College students from across the country will gather in record-breaking numbers to attend a high-powered conference on love, marriage and fidelity this weekend – and a free webcast means anyone can follow along.
Advocates chide US – stop ignoring religiously-motivated violence

Oct 29, 2015

The U.S. must recognize all causes of religious freedom abuses around the world – including religious motivations where they exist, experts told members of Congress Tuesday.
New cases of persecution of Christian women in Pakistan’s Punjab

Oct 28, 2015

n Pakistan’s Punjab province, a Christian woman suffers gang rape, while another was set on fire and nearly burned to death after she refused to marry her former boyfriend.
Wanted: More exorcists to meet demands in Philippines

Oct 28, 2015

So many people have contacted the Archdiocese of Manila about exorcisms that it has begun recruiting new priests.
British Government ‘reluctant’ to call persecution of Middle East faithful genocide

Oct 28, 2015

The British government has agreed to consider if the slaughter and expulsion of Christians from the Middle East by Islamist terrorists constitutes genocide, but said it was reluctant to use the term.
Church leads battle against ‘sorcery’ violence in Papua New Guinea

Oct 28, 2015

The Church has a unique role in combating belief in sorcery and mob reprisal attacks against “sorcerers”, a bishop in Papua New Guinea has said.
Pope Francis mourns cardinal who ‘fearlessly’ stood up to Czechoslovakia’s communist regime

Oct 28, 2015

Slovak Cardinal Jan Chryzostom Korec, retired Bishop of Nitra who was secretly ordained a priest and bishop and spent more than a dozen years in prison, has died aged 91.
Sodalitium Christianae Vitae has an apostolic visitor to investigate its founder

Oct 28, 2015

The superior general of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae has made public that the community has had an apostolic visitor since April, who is charged with investigating accusations that its founder committed sexual abuse.
Pope Francis grieves loss of life in Afghanistan-Pakistan quake

Oct 28, 2015

After a massive earthquake rocked Pakistan and Afghanistan yesterday killing hundreds, Pope Francis on Tuesday voiced his sorrow and solidarity for victims and their families, assuring them of his prayers.