Global Church News

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
Sri Lankan Catholics change lives during Year of Mercy

Jul 07, 2016

They have taken the Year of Mercy to heart and pledged to reach out to the marginalized in society.
Archbishop Moras gets support in church closure issue

Jul 07, 2016

Archbishop Bernard Moras closed the church in April, when parishioners went ahead with the installation of the statue despite his canonical warning against it.
Divorced and remarried Catholics should abstain from sex, says US Archbishop

Jul 07, 2016

Archbishop Charles Chaput said divorced and remarried should live as brother and sister
Malawian Bishops plead for food aid to avert humanitarian disaster

Jul 07, 2016

Bishops ask for more foreign aid to support the African nation's 6.5 million people in need of food
The plight of Iraqi Christians: Chilcot on the warnings that were missed

Jul 07, 2016

British diplomats and French leaders were among those to warn about religious conflict in post-invasion Iraq