Global Church News

  • UNICEF ‘concerned’ for Filipino children amid ‘super typhoon’ Mawar

    May 29, 2023

    UNICEF is committed and ready to provide support to the Philippine Government as “super typhoon” Mawar closes in on the country, the UN agency says.

  • Caritas joins World Hunger Day appeal to eradicate food waste

    May 29, 2023

    Despite producing enough food to feed everyone, over 800 million people still go hungry every day, of whom two thirds are women. Joining persons of goodwill and organizations across the globe, Caritas Internationalis calls for sustainability and solidarity.

  • Nuns to foster dialogue between Japan, South Korea

    May 26, 2023

    The nations had bitter relations due to Japan’s colonial rule and atrocities in Korean Peninsula that ended after World War II

  • Church in strife-torn Indian state appeals for peace, help

    May 26, 2023

    The Catholic Church in the violence-hit Manipur state in northeastern India has appealed for help as more than 45,000 people continue to live in cramped relief camps.

  • Indonesian Catholic minister detained for graft

    May 26, 2023

    Indonesian authorities have detained the only Catholic minister in the current cabinet after he was named a suspect in a multi-million-dollar corruption case involving the construction of communication infrastructure in remote areas, including in Christian-majority provinces.

  • Caritas Asia re-elects president for a second four-year term

    May 26, 2023

    Caritas Asia, one of seven regional offices of the Catholic Church’s humanitarian agency Caritas Internationals, reelected Bangladeshi Dr Benedict Alo D’Rozario as its president.

  • Priests in France to use upgraded clergy ID

    May 26, 2023

    Catholic clergy in France will soon carry a standardised identification card linked to a national database that shows whether they are currently in good standing and can celebrate Mass and hear confessions.

  • Monument to life installed at Catholic University

    May 26, 2023

    The new “National Life Monument,” a larger-than-life bronze sculpture depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary pregnant with the Christ Child, was unveiled and dedicated on the campus of The Catholic University of America’s Theological College in Washington recently.

  • Thousands participate in inter-diocesan youth day

    May 26, 2023

    The city of Bula, north of Guinea-Bissau, recently hosted young people from across the country’s two dioceses for three day of youth activities.

  • Is Cardinal Tagle’s star waning?

    May 26, 2023

    On May 13, the Church’s largest charitable entity, Caritas International, elected Japanese Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo as its new president, a role held until now by Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, once widely seen as a top contender for the papacy.