Global Church News

Kenya launches Lenten campaign with a city procession

Feb 11, 2016

The Church in Kenya has launched the 2016 National Lenten campaign with a huge procession through the town of Ngong right through to the main Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker.
Mexico awaits Pope Francis

Feb 11, 2016

Here in Mexico city the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas is everywhere. It’s plastered on taxis, in shops, in homes and in the most unlikely places.
Missionary of Mercy in Hong Kong, with an eye on China

Feb 11, 2016

Fr Luigi Bonalumi, a missionary with the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) in Hong Kong, is one of the Missionaries of Mercy Pope Francis wants to send into the world to offer pardon and reconciliation.
In the Holy Year two new priests in Orissa, theater of anti-Christian violence

Feb 11, 2016

Two Capuchin Franciscan friars were ordained on February 8 by His Exc. Mgr John Barwa in the district of Kandhamal, which had seen horrific anti-Christian violence in 2008.
Tagle lashes out at politicians as election season starts

Feb 11, 2016

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila has lashed out at politicians who promote themselves under the guise of "charity" as the election season starts in the Philippines.
Church fosters ties with Islamic boarding school

Feb 11, 2016

It's been more than three years since Mugi Santoso enrolled in the Islamic Boarding School of Al-Zaytun in Indramayu in West Java province, a school said to have ties to an outlawed Islamic extremist group.
This Lent, an opportunity to help Middle East Christians

Feb 11, 2016

A gift of 40 dollars in Lent could help persecuted Christians and other refugees in the Middle East, thanks to the latest appeal from the Knights of Columbus.
Pope Francis donates 500 rosaries to prisoners

Feb 11, 2016

Pope Francis has donated 500 rosaries to the detainees in a prison in the Italian city of Padua.
A chat with Joseph Fiennes – star of historical thriller 'Risen'

Feb 11, 2016

The lead actor of “Risen,” a film told through the eyes of a Roman soldier who is forced to confront the resurrection of Christ, calls it a story for
Former murder capital of Mexico presents sunnier image for pope

Feb 10, 2016

Not long ago, this sprawling border city was known as the murder capital of Mexico. Hundreds of young women disappeared in the 1990s, falling victim to brutal robberies and murderous sexual assaults.