Global Church News

Fatima visionary predicted 'final battle' would be over marriage, family

Jul 09, 2016

Sister Lucia dos Santos, one of the three children who witnessed the Marian apparitions at Fatima, died in 2005. But before her death, she predicted that the final battle between Christ and Satan would be over marriage and the family.
Liturgy of the cloth: How the early Church incorporated the Shroud and Sudarium in the Mass

Jul 09, 2016

New research suggests that the burial cloths of Jesus have been central to the Roman liturgy for more than a millennium, and possibly from the earliest days of the Church.
Standing up for religious minorities in Pakistan

Jul 09, 2016

It's been a few weeks since Pakistani actor Hamza Ali Abbasi stood up for the persecuted Ahmadi community on his Ishq-e-Ramazan TV show causing the ire of religious groups.
Almost 4,000 Canadian youth going to Krakow for WYD 2016

Jul 08, 2016

Young pilgrims from all over the world are expected in Krakow, Poland, July 25-31, 2016, to participate in the 31st World Youth Day (WYD).Close to 3,750 young Canadian pilgrims are registered to attend this international gathering that has as its theme “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” (Mt 5.7).
Indonesian Catholics join Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr

Jul 08, 2016

Interfaith activities continue despite extremist threats.
350 from Kolkata to attend Mother Teresa canonization

Jul 08, 2016

A 350-strong group of priests, missionaries and admirers from Kolkata will attend Mother Teresa's canonization at the Vatican on September 4.
Young Catholics set to depart for World Youth Day

Jul 08, 2016

Delegation hopes to share Christian life experience in India at global event in Krakow.
Brexit ‘won’t affect pilgrimages to Lourdes’

Jul 08, 2016

A pilgrimage director has dismissed claims that Lourdes pilgrims will suffer following Britain's withdrawal from the EU
Italians restore 900-year-old mosaics at Bethlehem church

Jul 08, 2016

Restorers, after clearing away centuries of dirt, discovered the Church of the Nativity had a seventh mosaic
Pope sends envoy to Minsk-Mohilev Archdiocese for 25th anniversary

Jul 08, 2016

Religious liberty and the importance of the family were among the themes touched on by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn during his mission as papal envoy to Belarus to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Minsk-Mohilev Archdiocese.