Global Church News

Lincoln Diocese responds to reports of misconduct by former vocations director

Aug 03, 2018

The Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska acknowledged reports of inappropriate sexual behavior by a deceased former vocations director, following an article by a former priest alleging misconduct and scandal on the part of the director.
Indian Bishops of Jharkhand react to harassment of Christian NGOs

Aug 03, 2018

The Bishops deliver a memorandum to the state governor. The investigations have intensified after the sale of newborns involving the Sisters of Mother Teresa. For Bishops’ Council’s secretary general, the government is trying to show that the officials of Christian organisations are terrorists.
Humanae Vitae is more than just a document on contraceptives

Aug 03, 2018

The encyclical of Paul VI speaks of the true meaning of marriage and life. The danger of using contraceptives that transform love between men and women into the pursuit of pleasure as an end in itself. The characteristics of conjugal love: fully human, total, faithful, exclusive and fruitful.
Catholic church in Northern Ireland hit with sectarian graffiti

Aug 03, 2018

A Catholic church in Northern Ireland was vandalized Tuesday morning with sectarian graffiti, upsetting parishioners and local leaders.
Living inside a Chinese 'crevice' stunts religious growth

Aug 03, 2018

A prominent figure within the Chinese Catholic Church once wrote in one of his books that "seeking to survive within a crevice" is a kind of wisdom for the Chinese Catholic Church to deal with officially atheist China.
Pope: Idols promise life, but in reality they take life, True God does not ask for life but gives it

Aug 02, 2018

Pope Francis begins a new cycle of catechesis on the commandments. The theme of important idolatry for atheists and believers. Christians, tarot cards and palm readers to predict the future. "In ancient times human sacrifices were made to the idols, but also today: for the career some sacrifice their children, neglecting them or simply not generating them".
Fr Samir explains what Europe must do about migrants and Islam

Aug 02, 2018

The separation between politics and religion in Islam is an urgent need. Egypt and Syria are two cases in point. The war in Iraq (and in Syria) is above all an intra-Islamic war. European countries must push Islamic countries to implement equality among all citizens, regardless of religion, and absolute equality between men and women. Here is an interview with Jesuit Fr Samir Khalil Samir, a great Islam expert.
Struggle against virus isn’t over, say Catholics at global AIDS meeting

Aug 02, 2018

Despite rumours of its demise, the AIDS pandemic is far from over, and churches must continue to play a critical role in combating the disease, Catholic leaders were told at an international gathering of more than 15,000 AIDS researchers and activists.
World Assembly of Christian Life Communities

Aug 02, 2018

From Sunday July 22 to Tuesday July 31, representatives of 70 countries gathered in Buenos Aires for the World Assembly of Christian Life Communities.
Dublin meeting to focus on today’s families

Aug 02, 2018

The last time a pope visited Ireland, the Constitution prohibited divorce, gay marriages were unthinkable, abortion was illegal and physical and sexual abuse at the hands of nuns and priests was a carefully hidden secret.