Global Church News

Chinese Catholics seek return of confiscated compound

Apr 01, 2016

About 300 Chinese Catholics in the Xinyang Diocese in central Henan province marched to the Huangchuan county government office on March 21 demanding the return of a church property and protesting the alleged beating of a nun.
Long-awaited papal text to be released on April 8

Apr 01, 2016

Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation based on the Synod on the Family will be released on Friday April 8, it was announced today.
Don Bosco relic to get permanent home in Macau

Apr 01, 2016

One of seven containers containing relics of St. John Bosco is to remain in Macau permanently.
Survivors of Lahore attack: A sudden flash of light and then flames everywhere

Apr 01, 2016

For five seconds after the bomb explosion in the park Gulshan-e-Iqbal, "everyone was on the ground and everything caught fire.
Moscow Patriarchate confirms world summit for persecuted Christians in October

Apr 01, 2016

The Russian Orthodox Church and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association will organize a great Christian leaders summit in Moscow, October 28 to 30, whose theme will be persecution in the world.
Prague archbishop asks Xi Jinping for freedom of religion in China

Apr 01, 2016

During President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the Czech Republic, Mgr Dominik Jaroslav Duka, archbishop of Prague, presented the Chinese leader with a letter calling on his government to respect human rights and religious freedom.
When the rosary rang out in Dublin’s war zone

Apr 01, 2016

Invited to make a contribution to Ireland’s commemoration of the Easter Rising of 1916, I chose to speak, in a Dublin church, about the nuns and friars who ministered to the people during that fateful Easter Week.
Indian Bishops urge government do utmost for Fr. Tom, the Salesian kidnapped in Yemen

Apr 01, 2016

The Indian Bishops' Conference (CBCI) has appealed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New Delhi, to do "everything possible" to ensure the safety and release of Fr. Tom, the Salesian kidnapped in Yemen by an extremist commando in early March.
We asked and you answered: How Mother Angelica touched your lives

Apr 01, 2016

Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, founder of EWTN, passed away Easter Sunday after a lengthy struggle with the aftereffects of a stroke.
Caritas Syria: After the violence of war, the Easter of peace and resurrection is celebrated in Damascus

Apr 01, 2016

Sandra Awad, 38, is the director of Communications of Caritas Syria. Married with two children, she describes what it was like to celebrate Easter this year in a letter.