Global Church News

Christian family shot in Muslim neighborhood in Pakistan

Jun 12, 2020

A Christian family in Pakistan was shot for buying a house in a Muslim neighborhood.
Third China-recognized Catholic bishop installed

Jun 12, 2020

An 83-year-old Chinese underground bishop was installed at a state-sanctioned church ceremony on June 9, just three months before the expiry of a Vatican-China pact on the appointment of bishops in the communist country.
Philippine Bishops issue Independence Day rallying cry

Jun 12, 2020

Catholic Bishops in the Philippines have issued an Independence Day rallying cry calling on Filipinos to unite and fight for freedom against the “anti-people” policies of President Rodrigo Duterte’s government.
Father Sugiri SJ, 'father' of the Indonesian charismatic movement, has died

Jun 12, 2020

He had 90 years and was pastor of Saint Teresa’s, in Jakarta. His most important legacy to the Indonesian Catholic Church is garnering charism of thousands of lay Catholics who offer their ability and energy to the Church to expand the mission of evangelization.
Covid-19: Pope calls Brazilian Archbishop to express solidarity

Jun 11, 2020

Pope Francis expresses his nearness to the people of Brazil in a telephone call to the Archbishop of Aparecida on Wednesday.
Venerable Carlo Acutis and his love for the Eucharist

Jun 11, 2020

Venerable Carlo Acutis, an Italian teen whose beatification Pope Francis approved in February, is known for his gift for computer programming, but how he used those skills is what makes him an example of holiness, according to the postulator of his sainthood cause.
Communion placed in hands and dry stoups in India as well

Jun 11, 2020

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) has released pandemic-related guidelines. “Communion can be distributed in nearby halls, the Eucharistic chapel or small designated areas outside the church.” Only a third of a church's capacity can be occupied during religious services.
Audrey Donnithorne, friend of the reconstruction of the Church and China, has died

Jun 11, 2020

Born in 1922 in China into a family of British Anglicans, she became Catholic in her youth. After studying in Oxford, London, and Australia, she moved to Hong Kong in 1985, where she worked for China's economic opening to the world and for the reconstruction of the Church after the Cultural Revolution. In 2008 she set up a fund for Sichuan churches destroyed by an earthquake. She received the Pro Ecclesia et pro Pontifice medal.
China: The story of a faith journey

Jun 11, 2020

For a person who sees Mary as an important model of discipleship, another gem of God's grace was unearthed quite recently for Lucy as she read a papal document, a gem of grace that reaches back in a deeply personal way to a time long before she had any contact with the Church.
Dignity of labour: Poor women contribute their mite in the battle against Corona virus

Jun 11, 2020

Turning adversity into an opportunity during the on-going Covid-19 pandemic, the the Sisters of the Cross are helping the poor women of Guwahati find a new way of overcoming poverty with dignity.