Global Church News

British Ambassador to Holy See on ‘Completing the Mission’

Jul 08, 2016

Nigel Baker said ‘After five years at the Holy See, I shall be moving to London to take up a new appointment at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office focusing on the Americas’
Dallas bishop urges prayers after five police officers are shot dead

Jul 08, 2016

Bishop Farrell has called the violence 'heartbreaking' and says the city is in shock
Police attack again Thien An monastery in Hue

Jul 08, 2016

The Communist authorities have set their eyes on the monastery’ land. On 26 June police stopped the monks from building a path. The following day the abbot sent a petition of protest to local and international authorities. The monastery can lose its case if the authorities “ignore the law,” said one monk.
Colombo: A book on the Christian contribution to national life

Jul 08, 2016

The book’s author, Wijith Rohan, a Catholic, teaches Western classic culture and Christian culture. His book, which contains 16 articles centred on the country’s political history, was presented by a Buddhist scholar, who stressed its importance for today’s society.
A Vietnamese in Rome: An Engineer who Became a Franciscan Friar

Jul 08, 2016

Fr Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen talks about his religious life and the projects of the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure – Seraphicum of which he is dean/president since his nominee by the Congregation for Catholic Education a few months ago
Death threats for Christian and Hindu traders

Jul 08, 2016

The death threats from a banned Islamic group demand store owners enforce eight specific rules. These include having a copy of the Koran, serving beef in Hindu restaurants, not allowing women workers, removing Christian sacred images.
Vicar of Aleppo: Truce, for some relief to a population exhausted by bombings

Jul 08, 2016

For Msgr. Georges Abou Khazen the situation in the northern cities "is still though". People fear to go out onto the streets to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. Improvement in electricity and water supplies. Church offers rare moments of leisure for a battered community with summer camps. Thanks to Pope Francis for his support and solidarity.
Bishop calls for speedy investigation into killing of Nun

Jul 08, 2016

The Slovakian was a religious sister and medical doctor who died on 20 May at the Nairobi Hospital in Kenya
The big mission of a Catholic teen with Down syndrome

Jul 07, 2016

The 18-year-old helped serve Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Northglenn, Colorado
I took the Pope’s advice and ‘dared to dream,’ Here’s how I did it

Jul 07, 2016

Here are four ideas that have helped me move forward with my dream of making a difference in the Church