Global Church News

Conscience Alert for Advent

Dec 14, 2015

Oklahoma Wesleyan University’s president recently issued a public statement that repudiated the push by some college students to suppress ideas or beliefs that made them “uncomfortable.”
St. Columban’s 1400th death anniversary celebrated in Hong Kong

Dec 14, 2015

Some 300 people gathered at St. Joseph’s in Hong Kong Central on Nov 21for a celebrationmarking the 1,400th anniversary of the death of St. Columban.
Pakistani bishop for international pressure on religious freedom

Dec 14, 2015

A Pakistani bishop said 2015 was a difficult year for religious minorities, who continue to be victimized by violence and discrimination despite government pledges to protect their rights.
Music group wryly raises environmental awareness in Goa

Dec 14, 2015

It was pouring rain while a group of Goans played guitar and sang on the footsteps of the iconic church of the Immaculate Conception in Panaji, capital of the coastal western Indian state of Goa.
Little change seen in Vietnam's new draft law on religion

Dec 14, 2015

What is religious freedom? This is the question posed in a video recently posted on Facebook, which includes interviews with members of the public as well as religious leaders, lawyers and activists.
Meet the families bearing the consequences of environmental change

Dec 14, 2015

For Mary Ann Remocaldo, taking out the trash is not just a simple household chore.
Catholics in Spain respond to sacrilegious exhibit with prayer, reparation

Dec 13, 2015

A group of Catholics has launched a worldwide prayer chain to make reparation for a sacrilegious art display in Pamplona, Spain.
This priest was abducted by ISIS, but he isn't giving up on a mission of mercy

Dec 13, 2015

A Syrian priest who spent more than four months as a captive of the Islamic State is headed back to the conflict zone – and he wants both Christians and Muslims to embrace mercy.
How can we live the Year of Mercy? Suggestions from Southern Africa’s bishops

Dec 13, 2015

The Jubilee Year of Mercy is a time to reach out to others as “missionaries of God’s mercy,” the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference said on Tuesday.
Changes in Irish equality law could threaten identity of religious schools

Dec 12, 2015

measure passed by the Irish legislature in the name of equality actually threatens the ability of religious institutions to function and maintain their identity, critics say.