Global Church News

Aaron Neville on singing, crashing and St Jude

Dec 08, 2023

In his memoir, Neville’s story unfolds in the vernacular voice of a man across the kitchen table, unspooling tales and memories of musical glories, racist cops, the raw side of the streets, life behind bars and the slow uphill road to salvation.
Navigating grief this Christmas season

Dec 08, 2023

Not everyone eagerly anticipates the Christmas celebrations; those who are grieving the loss of a loved one might dread the season.
Russian drone damages Kyiv Catholic Cathedral

Dec 08, 2023

Russia’s extensive drone attack on Kyiv November 25 damaged the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ.
Pope to Syro-Malabar faithful in Ernakulam: Don’t become a sect

Dec 08, 2023

In a video message to the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Pope Francis denounces agitation surrounding the Liturgy and launches an appeal for unity.
Jerusalem’s Magnificat Institute: A laboratory of coexistence in the Holy Land

Dec 08, 2023

The Dicastery for Communication and the Pontifical Academy for Life present a concert in Rome performed by the Music School of the Custody of the Holy Land.
Save the Children: 'Every hour without a ceasefire children die in Gaza'

Dec 07, 2023

Over one million children – or the entire child population - in Gaza have been left with nowhere safe to go as ground military operations were launched in Khan Younis following the collapse on Sunday of the truce between the Israeli government and Hamas.
UNICEF: In wealthier countries, 1 in 5 children living in poverty

Dec 07, 2023

A new UNICEF report states that one in five children among the 40 wealthiest nations faces poverty, lacking basic necessities like food and housing.
C9 tackles issue of role of women in the Church, world crises

Dec 07, 2023

Meeting this week in the Vatican, Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals agreed on the need to listen to the “the feminine aspect” of the Church, especially at the local level, “so that processes of reflection and decision making can benefit from the irreplaceable contribution of women.”
Boy walks 7 miles on muddy roads to receive confirmation, gets a blessing from the pope

Dec 07, 2023

An Argentine boy recently made the special effort to walk 11 kilometers (about seven miles) on muddy roads to receive the sacrament of confirmation, and the news reached Pope Francis, who sent him a blessing.
Cardinal Fernández: Offer yourselves to the Lord ‘like clay ready to be molded’

Dec 07, 2023

The new head of the Vatican’s doctrine office gave a homily in the suburbs of Rome this week in which he encouraged Catholics not to be like “hard stones” unwilling to change but to be like clay, ready to be transformed by the Lord.