Global Church News

Greece tour brings Saint Paul's ministry to life for priests

Aug 19, 2015

A two-week trip to Greece will let priests in Rome follow in the steps of St. Paul: all the way from his conversion in Philippi, to his preaching in Corinth and finally his overnight stop in Crete as a prisoner.
A street party for Don Bosco – 15,000 turn up to celebrate saint in Lima

Aug 18, 2015

More than 15,000 members of the Salesian Family turned out August 9 on the streets of Lima, Peru, as part of the celebration of Bicentennial of the Birth of Don Bosco.
Colorado court gives no relief to baker who declined to serve gay wedding

Aug 18, 2015

A Colorado baker has lamented the Colorado Court of Appeals’ ruling handed down Thursday that he illegally discriminated when he declined to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
What's destroying some Catholic marriages? The answer may surprise you

Aug 18, 2015

Of the countless Catholic couples who have come through Father T.G. Morrow's office in Washington D.C. for marriage counseling, two remain imprinted in the priest's mind even today.
Former technician: Planned Parenthood took baby organs without consent

Aug 13, 2015

The latest in a series of videos on Planned Parenthood features testimony from a former technician who says she worked with the clinics to procure tissue from aborted babies without the mother’s consent.
Take a hike – and you just might find God, these trekkers say

Aug 13, 2015

Some people hike to compete, others to challenge themselves. But as the sport increases as a global trend, others have taken it up as a way of drawing closer to God.
For Bishop Stika, Planned Parenthood videos show need to cherish humanity first

Aug 12, 2015

The videos of Planned Parenthood officials' involvement in the harvesting of organs from recently aborted babies shows an unadorned evil, but it’s also a call to love those involved in abortion, a bishop in Tennessee has said.
US embassy to the Holy See begins move to new location

Aug 12, 2015

This week the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See has begun its move to a new building – which shares the same campus as both the U.S. Embassy to Italy and the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
Archbishop Chaput: Other moral issues not equivalent to abortion

Aug 11, 2015

Of the many struggles plaguing modern society, none can be equated with the blatant taking of innocent human lives, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia said regarding the latest investigative videos of Planned Parenthood.
Archbishop Cupich will attend synod, Vatican source says

Aug 10, 2015

Originally selected as an alternate synod delegate, Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago will in fact be an attendee at the Vatican gathering on the family this fall, a Vatican source told.