Global Church News

Bishop demands action against anti-Mother Teresa MP

Jun 27, 2016

A church official in India has demanded action against a parliamentarian who accused Mother Teresa of using her social work as a cover for proselytism.
Be known for your love, Pope tells people of Armenia

Jun 27, 2016

Acts of love and kindness must be a Christian’s “calling card”, the characteristic that identifies them more than anything, Pope Francis has told Catholics in northern Armenia.
'Hate crime' case against Valencia Archbishop thrown out

Jun 27, 2016

A judge in Spain has thrown out a “hate crime” case concerning Cardinal Antonio Canizares of Valencia, Spain, ruling that the cardinal’s homily warning of a “gay empire” is protected by freedom of speech.
Pope Francis: Church must accompany gays, not discriminate

Jun 27, 2016

In a wide-ranging inflight press conference on his way back from Armenia on Sunday, Pope Francis responded to a question on recent comments made by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who said the Church must apologize to homosexual persons for having “marginalized” them.
Dhaka, Buddhist monks help Muslims celebrate Ramadan

Jun 27, 2016

For the past six years monks from the Dharmarajika temple have donated food to the Muslim poor to enable them to interrupt the ritual fasting.
Pope and Armenian Church leader: Crisis in the family caused by secularism

Jun 27, 2016

In a joint declaration signed Sunday, Pope Francis and Catholicos Karekin II expressed their shared belief that, when the family is no longer seen as sacred, it falls into crisis.
Pope Francis in Gyumri, Armenia thanks 'Pope's hospital'

Jun 27, 2016

At the conclusion of Mass in Gyumri, Armenia on Saturday, Pope Francis took a moment to greet “all those who with such generosity and practical charity are helping our brothers and sisters in need.
Pope in Armenia: Reconciliation with Turkey and peace in Nagorno Karabakh

Jun 27, 2016

Victims of a "immense and senseless slaughter" which is "only right" to remember, the Armenians are "ambassadors of peace" in a world where so many people are "forced to leave everything, especially in the Middle East, where so many of our brothers and sisters suffer violence and persecution.
Shared faith should lead to joint action, say Pope and Patriarch

Jun 27, 2016

Pope Francis and Armenian Apostolic Catholicos Karekin II have appealed for common action on behalf of persecuted Christians, welcome for refugees and defence of the family.
How to not be a 'beige Catholic,' according to Bishop Barron

Jun 27, 2016

Catholics in America today need to find ways to engage the culture with truth, and avoid “beige Catholicism” that seeks to be dominated by the culture