Global Church News

  • Fr Tom Uzhunnalil extols prayer as the most powerful weapon

    Nov 26, 2019

    The Indian Salesian was held for 18 months by an extremist group in Yemen. In his autobiography ‘By the Grace of God’, he recounts his experience of captivity and faith. His thoughts are for the Sisters of Mother Teresa in Yemen left without a priest since 2016 and for the four nuns who were killed. Forgiveness is “an effective weapon of prayer".

  • Cardinal Tong appeals for peace in Hong Kong

    Nov 26, 2019

    Cardinal John Tong Hon, the Apostolic Administrator of Hong Kong,refers to the current difficult situation in Hong Kong and invites all parties to engage in dialogue and work for peace.

  • Pope receives Scholas Occurrentes on its launch in Japan

    Nov 26, 2019

    On the penultimate day of his November 19-26 Apostolic Journey in Thailand and Japan, Pope Francis met representatives of the Scholas Occurrentes at the Apostolic Nunciature in Japan.

  • After the Pope's visit, the friendship between Buddhists and Catholics is even deeper

    Nov 26, 2019

    The deputy abbot of the Wat Phra Chetuphon royal temple gives his thoughts. The Holy Father is simple, kind and serene, and the world “should take him as an example”. For him, “Christianity and Buddhism are similar to the wings of a bird: they work together and allow the animal to fly.”

  • Pope at Sophia University in Japan: Seek, find, and spread Divine Wisdom

    Nov 26, 2019

    Pope Francis visits Sophia University in Tokyo at the conclusion of his Apostolic Visit to Japan, and affirms that “quality education should not be the privilege of a few."

  • Social media takes on personal face as Pope visits Sophia University

    Nov 26, 2019

    As Pope Francis concludes his Apostolic Journey to Japan, students and staff at Sophia University wonder at how they came to greet him in person.

  • Fr Manerba: The miracle of the sun in Nagasaki

    Nov 26, 2019

    People show wonder and gratitude for Pope Francis’s visit to Japan whilst Catholics bear witness to the solace of faith. Fr Lorenzo Manerba has been a missionary in the Land of the Rising Sun for 46 years.

  • Pope in Japan: Fukushima compels rethinking nuclear power

    Nov 26, 2019

    Francis met the victims of the "triple disaster", as it is known in Japan referring to the earthquake, the tsunami and the 2011 nuclear accident. To young people, "things are important, but people are indispensable". "We must all unite against this culture of bullying and learn to say: enough! It is an epidemic you must find the medicine for it yourself ".

  • Pope in Japan: A "field hospital" Church that offers reconciliation and forgiveness

    Nov 26, 2019

    Dialogue, solidarity and a rethinking of a society conditioned by careerism were the central themes of the afternoon of the penultimate day of Pope Francis' visit to Japan, marked by the celebration of Mass at the Tokyo Dome, in front of over 50 thousand people, by the visit to the Prime Minister and the meeting with the country's political, civil and religious authorities.

  • Pope in Japan: Overview of Day Three

    Nov 26, 2019

    Pope Francis started Monday picking up the same theme he left off with on Sunday: atomic energy.