Global Church News

China attends workshop on human trafficking in the Vatican

Mar 15, 2018

For the second time, a Beijing official at Casina Pio IV to talk about organ transplants and Sino-Vatican contacts in the cultural and scientific field
Catholic church in China has crosses removed

Mar 14, 2018

First such incident in Henan province described as 'brutal' and a misinterpretation of the regulations on religious affairs
Filipino Priest bikes for life to call for end to killings

Mar 14, 2018

Redemptorist priest to take 1,500 bike ride from Manila to Mindanao
Church in India celebrates the fifth anniversary of the election of Pope Francis

Mar 14, 2018

A special Eucharistic adoration and prayer will be held tonight for the Holy Father. Thirty-three bishops have gathered in Mumbai, in addition to Card Gracias and the apostolic nuncio Mgr Giambattista Diquattro. Pope Francis is "the Pope of mercy" who "has a great love for Asia".
Indonesia's Apostolic Nuncio consecrates new parish church

Mar 14, 2018

Located next to a mosque in Pontianak, it is hoped the church will help foster inerreligious harmony
Catholic hospital attacked over a land dispute in Madhya Pradesh

Mar 14, 2018

Hindu nationalist BJP member Chintamani Malviya has claimed ownership of the hospital land. Attackers beat up nurses and pushed around nuns. The Pushpa Mission Hospital was founded in 1974 at a time when no medical facilities existed in the area.
Marists in Aleppo: Among Syrian Christians, solidarity wins over the horrors of an endless war

Mar 14, 2018

The Turkish army continues its anti-Kurdish offensive in the north and surrounds Afrin. At least a thousand people need urgent medical attention in Eastern Ghouta, a rebel enclave on the outskirts of Damascus.
In China, government-appointed bishops support Xi, Vatican-China deal

Mar 14, 2018

Government-backed bishops have spoken out publicly in support of the Vatican-China deal in a Chinese media interview at the Chinese Communist Party’s annual meetings this week.
Pope Francis appoints a new Bishop for Kabankalan, Philippines

Mar 13, 2018

Msgr Louie Patalinghug Galbines has been appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Kabankalan.
Saint's vision honored at Philippine gathering

Mar 13, 2018

Religious of the Assumption congregation holds two-week event to promote 'transformative education'