Global Church News

Cardinal Sarah: We can have it both ways

Jul 15, 2016

Cardinal Sarah’s advice to priests to celebrate Mass facing east, rather than towards the congregation, has caused uproar in Rome. Yet a simple compromise is available
Reflection on the World Youth Day Cross

Jul 15, 2016

At the heart of every World Youth Day is a very simple, powerful, ancient Christian symbol: two large planks of wood, known as the World Youth Day Cross, that many have called the “Olympic Torch” of the huge Catholic festival of young people.
Catholic universities need Catholic staff, says prominent academic

Jul 15, 2016

The president of the Catholic University of America defended the identity of Catholic universities at a conference last week
Implementing Amoris Laetitia one small step at a time

Jul 15, 2016

The undeniably demanding method called for by the Pope implies a shift in mentalities: “to no longer judge in compliance with a rule but with a personal accompaniment which combines truth and mercy,” sums up this Jesuit.
Two churches attacked in Karnataka

Jul 15, 2016

Criminals poured kerosene on the door of the Tomlinson church in Tumkur and tried to set it on fire.
Colombo Cardinal champions fight to curb drug use among students

Jul 15, 2016

Archdiocese is organizing an anti-drug protest with participants from 39 parishes.
The war in Iraq and St. John Paul II’s prophecy: Don’t anger millions of Muslims

Jul 15, 2016

“We say to our American friends: is it in your interest to anger a billion Muslims and risk having the hostility of the Muslim world for decades?” Said Cardinal Angelo Sodano on the already imminent Anglo-Saxon war against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in January 2003.
The Gregorian aims to train open-minded people

Jul 15, 2016

Outgoing rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University, Fr François-Xavier Dumortier, discusses reform of the Rome institution
Violent extremism on the rise in Bangladesh

Jul 15, 2016

The so-called Islamic State have warned that the July 1 attack at a café in Bangladesh was just a glimpse of what is to come.
US bishops throw support behind conscience protections on marriage

Jul 15, 2016

Two leading U.S. bishops have spoken out in favor of a proposed law which would ensure federal religious freedom protections to individuals and faith-