Global Church News

Chinese authorities arrest Vatican-appointed Bishop

Sep 09, 2016

Coadjutor bishop arrested before he could take control of Wenzhou diocese, reports claim.
Bishop of Vasai: Mother Teresa, the "Saint of the Gutters" that put the poor at the centre

Sep 09, 2016

Mgr Felix Machado says that before the canonisation, everyone already revered Mother Teresa as a saint.
Friday in the USA is day of prayer for peace in our communities

Sep 09, 2016

Sept. 9 event responds to heightened racial tensions in the country
Father James Martin wins award from dissenting Catholic group

Sep 09, 2016

Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Ministry, said Sept. 6 that the award for Fr. Martin recognized his ministry of communication
Tewatte:Celebrating the Nativity of Mary, "our guide in sufferings"

Sep 09, 2016

The faithful filled the shrine from the early hours of the morning. Mass followed the rosary, litanies and novena.
After genocide, what's next for Iraq's Christians?

Sep 09, 2016

One of the next steps the U.S. can take now is to help resettle genocide victims in their homes, should they choose to go back.
Mass in sign language? Over 20 Spanish priests celebrate it every week

Sep 09, 2016

The Church in Spain has been working with the deaf for more than 50 years and has been doing so in a more coordinated fashion since the 1990s, when Deaf Ministry became part of the Bishops Conference.
Interview with Mother Teresa’s Albanian biographer

Sep 09, 2016

She said peace would come to the world through the poor
For bishop of Shanghai, Mother Teresa is the love that defeats religious parochialism

Sep 09, 2016

Mother Teresa of Calcutta "eliminated all barriers with love. Her canonisation is a great gift full of meaning for the modern world, a gift the Lord has given us in the Year of Christian Jubilee for everyone on earth.
Coadjutor bishop of Wenzhou, Msgr. Peter Shao Zhumin, siezed by police

Sep 09, 2016

Msgr. Shao has reportedly been brought to Northwest China; his secretary was brought to Yunnan; another priest detained in Hangzhou. The government wants to prevent the taking of possession of the diocese by the bishop recognized by the Holy See, but not by Beijing.