Global Church News

Latest violence disrupts normal life in India’s Manipur

Nov 20, 2024

There's a shortage of food items, essential supplies amid a curfew and internet shutdown reported from Imphal Valley
Cardinal-elect Kikuchi: Church must walk together in hope and solidarity

Nov 20, 2024

The Catholic Church in Tokyo commemorated its annual “Myanmar Day” on Nov. 17, at St. Mary’s Cathedral, underscoring decades of solidarity with the Church in Myanmar.
18 soldiers dead in separate attacks in northwest Pakistan

Nov 20, 2024

The attacks come days after escalating violence in the region, highlighting a surge in militant activity
Sister denies nun was missing after Indonesian eruption

Nov 20, 2024

Says reports by several international media outlets quoting her as declaring a nun missing are untrue
Myanmar led world in landmine casualties in 2023: monitor

Nov 20, 2024

Landmines and unexploded munitions claimed more victims in Myanmar than in any other country last year, a monitor said on Nov. 20, with over 1,000 people killed or wounded in the country.
World Toilet Day: Over 3 billion people lack safe sanitation

Nov 20, 2024

Every day, one thousand children under 5 die from unsafe water. On November 19, the United Nations shines a light on the challenges billions around the world face each day.
Jubilee films for Pilgrims of Hope: 'The Gate of Heaven'

Nov 20, 2024

The first film chosen by Vatican Official and film expert, Msgr Dario Viganò, for the Dicastery of Evangelization's "Jubilee is Culture" initiative, is Vittorio De Sica's 1945 "La Porta del Cielo" (The Gate of Heaven). Father Greg Apparcel, CSP, film critic, associate pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic American Parish in Rome, and the Paulist Fathers’ Procurator General to the Holy See, brings us his take on the movie.
Ukraine war: Deep uncertainty about the statistics

Nov 19, 2024

Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, hundreds of thousands are believed to have died, while nearly 11 million have been displaced.
Cardinal Parolin: ‘We can’t resign ourselves to the inevitability of war’

Nov 19, 2024

In an interview with Vatican News Editorial Director marking 1000 days since the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin decries the ongoing suffering of the martyred Ukrainian people and again urges stronger diplomatic efforts to stop the carnage.
Reimagining Mary’s essence in Marian devotions

Nov 19, 2024

The focus on Mary’s purity equated with bodily and sexual chastity sets the gold standard for Christian womanhood .