Global Church News

National Shrine to host May 17 worldwide praying of the rosary

May 11, 2021

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will host a recitation of the rosary on Monday, May 17, at noon (EDT) as part of Pope Francis’ call for a worldwide marathon of rosaries for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Vatican working group aims to excommunicate mafia members

May 11, 2021

A new working group established by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development has as its aim the excommunication of members of organized-c
Manila church creates Covid memorial wall for victims

May 11, 2021

Move follows call by Manila prelate for Catholic priests to remember and pray for nearly 20,000 virus victims
WCC joins calls for calm in Jerusalem as clashes continue

May 11, 2021

Christian leaders around the world are voicing calls for an end to violence in Jerusalem, as Israeli police and Palestinian protesters continue to face off for the fourth consecutive day.
Philippine church bells toll for presidential poll

May 11, 2021

Bells rang out at Catholic churches across the Philippines on May 9 to urge parishioners to pray and register to vote in the next presidential election in 2022.
Card Gracias: Indian Church to increase aid for COVID-19 victims

May 10, 2021

The Archbishop of Bombay takes stock of the mobilisation with Caritas India. About a thousand Catholic hospitals are “at the forefront”. The Church is “coordinating financial aid to buy more ventilators” and “our schools will operate as isolation and quarantine centres; our institutions as vaccination centres”.
Ukraine soldiers killed as tensions rise in eastern areas

May 10, 2021

Ukraine says at least two soldiers were killed and another wounded in recent days in clashes between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists. The military claims the latest reported clashes rose the death toll to at least 36 Ukrainian soldiers killed in the east this year.
China Vatican Agreement betrayed: Ordination of mentally and morally unstable to take place tomorrow

May 10, 2021

Msgr. Giuseppe Guo Jincai, formerly excommunicated, is to ordain three new priests tomorrow. No consultation with the two bishops of Xuanhua and Xiwanzi. The rush to ordain priests before the Winter Olympics.
Join Cardinal Bo in praying for China

May 10, 2021

As the regime in Beijing becomes ever more repressive, never has the need to pray for that great nation been greater.
Macau honors Our Lady of Fatima with postal stamps

May 10, 2021

Authorities in Macau have decided to publish postal stamps of Our Lady of Fatima to honor the long-held tradition of devotion to Mary by Catholics in the Chinese-ruled territory.