Global Church News

Facebook CEO apologizes for 'mistake' of blocking Catholic content

Apr 12, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced questions from lawmakers about his company’s censorship of Catholic content during his two-day congressional hearing following the revelation that millions of Facebook users’ personal data had been compromised.
Rome seminar highlights 'unsung heroes' among religious sisters

Apr 12, 2018

A symposium in Rome on “women religious on the front lines” praised the often unrecognized and unappreciated work of religious sisters, especially those working with survivors of human trafficking and war.
Algerian martyrs to be beatified in Oran this year

Apr 12, 2018

The Algerian government has approved the holding of a beatification Mass in Oran for seven French Trappist monks who were martyred in the country in 1996.
Veteran Lancaster Priest installed as Bishop

Apr 11, 2018

Paul Swarbrick was installed as Bishop of Lancaster on the Feast of the Annunciation
Vietnam villagers keep alive tradition of respecting water

Apr 11, 2018

Ethnic minority Se Dang maintain ritual of carrying holy water blessed during Easter for five kilometers in candlelight procession
Vicar of Aleppo warns that world powers are seeking a 'pretext' to destroy Syria

Apr 11, 2018

A harsh exchange between Russia and the United States at the UN. Trump speaks of possible intervention, with the support of London and Paris. Moscow denounces the "campaign of aggression" against a sovereign state. Msgr. Georges Abou Khazen: "there are no certainties" on the Douma attack. The prayers of Christians for peace in the country.
Pope prays for peace amid escalating violence in Gaza

Apr 11, 2018

At least eight Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured by Israeli military forces last week, during the second week of protests on the Gaza-Israel border.
Priest killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, another freed

Apr 11, 2018

Armed men burst into a church meeting room in the North Kivu region April 8 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and killed 38-year-old Fr. Étienne Sengiyumva, the Parish Pastor.
In Dushanbe, the 'little' Catholic community in a ‘great' Easter celebration

Apr 11, 2018

In the country there are a little more than a hundred faithful. The two parishes of Tajikistan celebrate together with foreign Catholics who work in the capital. This year, there were 150 faithful present. The joy of the little ones, impatient to help as altar servers.
As Palestinian Christians flee Gaza, Priest expresses grave concern

Apr 11, 2018

In the past six years the number of Christians in the Gaza Strip has plummeted from 4,500 to just 1,000, due to the harsh conditions under which they are living, according to the pastor of the territory's sole Catholic church.