Global Church News

Chaldean Priest: A New Year of rebirth for Mosul

Jan 11, 2019

Fr. Paul describes Christmas celebrations in the former stronghold of the Islamic State. Liturgies on the Nineveh plain "crowded and vibrant". A new Archbishop in Mosul to rebuild the community, on a pastoral and social level. Christians and Muslims against obscurantism, ask for "dialogue and modernity".
Al-Azhar’s grand imam visits Coptic pope to offer Christmas tidings

Jan 11, 2019

Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb paid a visit on Wednesday, Jan 2 to the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo to offer tidings to Pope Tawadros II on the occasion of the Coptic Orthodox Christmas on January 7.
Cardinal Tagle at Black Nazarene celebration: Be a devotee, not a fanatic

Jan 11, 2019

Cardinal Luis Tagle of Manila told pilgrims at a popular annual procession in the Philippines to take caution against becoming “fanatics,” stressing that true devotion is about how one lives one's whole life, not a single day.
Film about the 'Great Evangelisers': Mother Teresa, Sr Rani Maria, Fr Constant Lievens

Jan 11, 2019

The documentary was screened at the Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of Latin Rite in Chennai. It presents the testimonies of those who met the evangelisers in person. Sr Rani Maria gave us "a purpose in life". Mother Teresa inspired the painter Ritu Singh.
Three million join “women’s wall” in Kerala to uphold gender equality

Jan 11, 2019

Hundreds of thousands of women lined up from one end of Kerala to the other to form a women’s wall on January 1 to uphold gender equality and renaissance values.
Christians in Israel grow (slightly) through immigration, educated and active

Jan 10, 2019

The data emerged from the latest report of the Central Statistics Department. There are about 175 thousand Christians today in Israel, equal to 2% of the population. The population increase of 2.2%. 78.5% of the 12-year-olds graduated from secondary education, just under 70% of the active population.
India’s Latin-rite Bishops' plenary assembly

Jan 10, 2019

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) is holding its 31st plenary assembly in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, January 8 to 14 on the theme, “The Joy of the Gospel”.
Imam foils deadly attack against church on the eve of Coptic Christmas

Jan 10, 2019

Sheikh Saad Askar shouted warnings to Christians after two Al-Azhar students noticed the possible attacker. The imam calls on Christians and Muslims to “stand by each other’s side and take care of each other. Those who target places of worship have no religion and are neither Muslim nor Christian”.
Christians build aid post to help Papuan refugees

Jan 10, 2019

Christian youths in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua have built an aid post to help more than a thousand Papuan villagers hiding in local forests after fleeing fighting between soldiers and separatists who killed a group of workers in December.
Black Nazarene devotees feed homeless in Manila

Jan 10, 2019

The 'Porridge of St. Joseph' has been nourishing the poor in Philippine city's slum district for 14 years