Global Church News

Myanmar’s Catholic villagers live in mortal fear

Aug 02, 2022

On the sunny Sunday morning of July 17, Catholics attended Mass and returned home peacefully only to hear news of military raids at a nearby Buddhist village in the afternoon.
‘Don't we have a place in the Church?’: Read pope’s response to Argentine priest on seminary's closure

Aug 01, 2022

Earlier this year an Argentine priest struggling to understand the Vatican’s controversial closure of one of the country’s top seminaries wrote to Pope Francis seeking answers.
Choose light over darkness, Pope Francis tells young people in Iqaluit

Aug 01, 2022

Pope Francis encouraged indigenous young people and elders in Iqaluit in northern Canada not to be disheartened but to seek out what is good.
Pope Francis gifts his ‘dearest friend’ to Canada: St. Joseph

Aug 01, 2022

As Pope Francis concludes his visit to Canada, he is leaving behind his “dearest friend”: St. Joseph.
Pope Francis in Canada: When the gesture is the message

Jul 31, 2022

Pope Francis’ nearness, especially in his meetings with indigenous peoples, was the hallmark of his Apostolic Journey to Canada, which was filled with actions to underscore the penitential and reconciliatory dimension the Pope wanted to lend to the visit to Canadian soil.
Cardinal Czerny reflects on Pope Francis’ visit to Canada

Jul 31, 2022

After traveling to Canada with Pope Francis, Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, describes the visit as one that inspired healing and reconciliation.
Order of Malta: More effective measures needed against human trafficking

Jul 31, 2022

On the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, focused this year on the theme “Use and abuse of technology”, the Sovereign Order of Malta reaffirms the urgent need for more coordinated international efforts to prevent the scourge, protect victims, and prosecute perpetrators.
Oblates in Canada building a new relationship with indigenous peoples

Jul 31, 2022

Fr Mark Dessureault, OMI, reflects on the significance of the important step taken by Pope Francis towards healing and reconciliation with Canada‘s Indigenous peoples, and speaks about the new relationship his Congregation has forged with them.
Canadian missionary priest welcomes Pope's call for renewal

Jul 31, 2022

Missionary priest, Fr. Edward Shatov, reacts to Pope Francis' message to the Bishops, priests, religious and pastoral workers of Canada, saying it sets the Church on a path to healing and renewal.
Church’s failures are not the end of the story

Jul 29, 2022

Pope Francis told Catholics in Quebec that the Church must accept its own past and move forward with humility in order for true healing to happen.