Global Church News

Ecumenical, interfaith experts in Rome ponder promise and perils of division

Jan 21, 2018

Participants at a global conference in Rome Jan 8-10 on ecumenism and interreligious dialogue pondered both the promise and peril of divisions within different Christian and religious traditions, not just among them, acknowledging those tensions often get in the way of forging closer ties, but also insisting they have an upside.
In Peru, met the indigenous people and addressed the issue of corruption is addressed (Jan 18 - 21, 2018)

Jan 20, 2018

Pope Francis set out on his 22nd foreign trip on Jan 15, a visit to Chile and Peru that offered a number of daunting issues for him to address — from the plight of indigenous peoples, the condition of migrants, the urgent need to address poverty, inequality and corruption and the state of the environment to the question of the sexual abuse of minors by priests in Chile and lay leaders in Peru.
Jakarta gives huge education boost to Christian province

Jan 19, 2018

Protests prompt govt to increase budget five-fold to improve schools, teacher quality in East Nusa Tenggara
Kachin Bishops meet Myanmar military chief

Jan 19, 2018

As fighting escalates in the north, church representatives call for finding peace through talks, not weapons
Pope Francis bids Chile farewell

Jan 19, 2018

Pope Francis has wrapped up his apostolic journey to Chile with a brief farewell ceremony at Iquique Airport.
Korean Catholic media and HK Diocese researchers join forces

Jan 19, 2018

Catholic Times of Korea and Hong Kong Diocese's Holy Spirit Study Center sign memorandum of understanding
‘Mary knows what burdens our hearts,’ Pope reminds in Iquique, Chile

Jan 19, 2018

During last mass in Chile, reminds like any good mother, ‘she doesn’t sit still’ & knows all going on around her
Pope in Chile: This land surrounded by the driest desert knows how to put on party clothes

Jan 19, 2018

At the final Mass of his visit to Chile, at the Campus Lobito in Iquique, Pope Francis prayed for "the integration of peoples" in an region that has know emigration and immigration. He called on people to be like servants at Cana – “they too are part of the miracle” – and take care of the poor and those who have a "watered down" life. He crowned the statue of Our Lady of Carmel (Virgen de la Tirana), patron saint of Chile, and received a crosier and a cross made of salt crystals.
Love is in the air: Pope marries couple mid-flight during Chile visit

Jan 19, 2018

In his five years in office, Pope Francis has gained a reputation for embracing spontaneity. Today, he did it again with another papal first: witnessing the marriage of two flight attendants on board his flight from Santiago to Iquique.
Pope in Chile: To young people, always be "connected" to Jesus Francis reflects on the importance

Jan 19, 2018

Being "connected" with Jesus, behaving "as he would" in the different situations of life. This is the invitation that Pope Francis addressed to young Chileans, 40 thousand of whom met with him in the Maipù sanctuary, in Santiago.