Global Church News
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COMECE General Secretary says SoHO legislation threatens dignity of life
Sep 13, 2023
The General Secretary of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) expressed his concern about the European Parliament’s position on the regulation of so-called “substances of human origin” (SoHO).
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Holy See appeals for adhesion to Convention on Cluster Munitions
Sep 12, 2023
At the 11th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions taking place in Geneva, the Holy See encourages nations to adopt the Convention that aims to prohibit all use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions.
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Ukrainian Catholic leader offers Divine Liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica
Sep 12, 2023
The leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church presided over a Divine Liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday where he prayed for peace in the Ukraine war at the tomb of the first pope.
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‘God was with us on the stairwell’: A hero of 9/11 finds his vocation
Sep 12, 2023
Paul Carris had started a new job working in the North Tower of the World Trade Center on the 71st floor in July 2001.
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Nigerian Bishop calls for prayer after seminarian burned alive in attack
Sep 12, 2023
Unidentified assailants set fire to a parish rectory in Nigeria's Kafanchan Diocese, killing a seminarian in the attack at St. Raphael's parish rectory in Fadan Kamantan.
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Brother Matthew: Ecumenical prayer vigil a 'pre-Synod gathering of hope, unity'
Sep 11, 2023
Brother Matthew of the Taizé Community explains the significance of the Ecumenical Prayer Vigil ahead of the Synod General Assembly, saying it seeks to entrust the Synod's work to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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Israeli Ambassador Schutz: Sacrifice of Ulma family a 'light for all'
Sep 11, 2023
Raphael Schutz, Israel's Ambassador to the Holy See, highlights the extraordinary sacrifice of the Ulma family as a reminder of humanity's debt to those who resisted evil and lost their lives, emphasizing that their sacrifice should not be used for historical revisionism.
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Pope Francis soars high in Mongolia
Sep 08, 2023
Pope Francis soared high in three different ways on the penultimate day of his four-day visit to Mongolia.
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Spotlight – Mongolia: ‘God loves littleness’
Sep 08, 2023
While the Catholic population in Mongolia is one of the smallest in the world, “being little is not a problem,” Pope Francis assured the local missionaries, because God can accomplish great things with small numbers.
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People, not machines, are the value of work
Sep 08, 2023
Pope Francis told a group of entrepreneurs that work’s greatest value comes from human beings, not from machines.
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Sunday Reflection
God is not like us
God is beyond us. That is what the readings point to this weekend. The fact that God is a mystery and beyond our thinking is not something that should frustrate or disappoint us but, rather, it should be a source of our hope and the ground that we walk on as Christians.
