Global Church News

Conditions in Myanmar's segregated Rohingya camps are deteriorating

Nov 06, 2015

More than three years after the construction of makeshift refugee camps outside Sittwe, the island capital of Myanmar's religiously divided Rakhine state, the numbers have risen to about 150,000 people.
New bill would take controversial birth control coils off the market

Nov 06, 2015

A Philadelphia congressman is sponsoring a bill that would pull an FDA-approved birth control device, Essure, off the market.
Cardinal Rodriguez: Rich countries have responsibilities to protect poor from environment

Nov 05, 2015

People in rich countries share responsibility with the rest of the world to protect the earth from environmental destruction and assist poor communities in escaping poverty, a cardinal who is a chief adviser to the pope said.
Cardinal Nichols: Britain must do more to welcome refugees

Nov 05, 2015

The UK and the rest of Europe need to do more to welcome refugees, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has said.
Church attacks in India were petty crimes, not communal: RSS

Nov 05, 2015

Armed with what it claims to be an objective report, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) has decided to go aggressive on "vilification campaign" against it for stoking communal fire in the country.
Proposed Vietnam religion law draws ire

Nov 05, 2015

A group of 27 civil society organizations have called on Vietnam to edit a controversial draft law on religion, saying it is wide open to abuse.
Say no to ivory, Philippine clergy told

Nov 05, 2015

The head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines has issued a directive to the country's bishops and clergy to stop using new statues and images made of ivory as objects of veneration in churches.
Killing people is not compassion – religious leaders unite against assisted suicide

Nov 05, 2015

As Canada moves toward legalizing assisted suicide, Catholic bishops and a large Protestant coalition – along with Jewish and Muslim leaders – have joined together to reaffirm the need to help the suffering without killing them.
Dominicans 800th anniversary ceremony open this week

Nov 04, 2015

The Order of Preachers (OP) in the Philippines invites the faithful to witness the solemn opening ceremony of its Jubilee Year on Nov. 7, Saturday, 5:30 p.m.
Catholic Church strongly condemns murder of secular intellectuals

Nov 04, 2015

The Catholic Church of Bangladesh harshly condemns the murder of a progressive publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan and the continued attacks on bloggers and secular intellectuals who are being targeted by Islamic fundamentalists for their democratic ideas.