Global Church News

Pontifical Commission for Latin America proposes synod on women

Apr 13, 2018

Women should be more involved in decision-making on a parish, diocesan, national and global Church level, participants said
Young Muslim: Pope Francis, welcome to Algeria

Apr 13, 2018

Unconfirmed rumors of a possible Papals trip to the North African country on the occasion of the beatification of the seven monks of Tibhirine and of the other 12 martyrs of Algeria. The Algerian Foreign Minister says it is possible. Silence from Vatican. The appreciation of a young Algerian because the Pope sows love, peace, tolerance, as opposed to fundamentalist Islamic preachers, who preach hate.
Jakarta Archbishop’s Easter message focuses on threats to unity

Apr 13, 2018

Money, power and prestige have become serious challenges to national unity in Indonesia, according to Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo of Jakarta.
Pope expresses solidarity with Algerian nation after Boufakir air disaster

Apr 13, 2018

Pope Francis expressed his "closeness" to the "Algerian nation" struck "by mourning" following yesterday morning’s plane crash which claimed 257 lives.
Billy goat cloned for mass cashmere production

Apr 13, 2018

The world’s first cloned billy goat has fathered more than a dozen kids in northern China with several more on the way.
First woman to head Jesuit agency takes on refugee crisis

Apr 13, 2018

As a young student studying social work at the University of Iowa, Joan Rosenhauer dedicated her spare time to community organising, and was pleasantl
Asia Bibi’s Good Friday, “I forgive those who have hurt me”

Apr 13, 2018

“Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing,”: it is this invocation which she repeats continuously.
Pope denounces use of chemical weapons after deadly attack in Syria

Apr 13, 2018

Pope Francis condemnedthe use of chemical weaponsafter a deadly attack killed dozensof innocent men, women andchildren in Syria.
After long-awaited Chrism Mass, vexed Nigerian diocese called a ‘miracle’

Apr 13, 2018

For the first time since2010, the troubled Diocese of Ahiarain Nigeria celebrated the traditionalChrism Mass on Holy Thursday, ledby a papal representative appointedto oversee a period of transition afterthe previous bishop, who had beenrejected for years by some among theclergy and laity, presented his resignationlast month.
Almost 200 locations confirmed for Rosary on the Coast

Apr 12, 2018

Nine Bishops have said they will attend the mass prayer event on Sunday April 29