Global Church News

South African Church leaders call for calm in run up to election

Jun 30, 2016

The South African Council of Churches has criticised the country's politicians for inciting violence in the lead up to the coming election
How strange is the cross

Jun 30, 2016

Fleming Rutledge’s The Crucifixion is one of the most stimulating and thought-provoking books of theology that I have read in the past 10 years.
Catholic morality helps to create a just society, says Washington’s Cardinal Wuerl

Jun 30, 2016

The cardinal argued that politics can be reduced to special interests unless it is guided by moral principles
Pope appoints a new Bishop to Malang Diocese in Indonesia

Jun 30, 2016

Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed a new bishop to the Diocese of Malang in Indonesia
Pope Francis appoints a new Vicar Apostolic for Awasa in Ethiopia

Jun 30, 2016

Pope Francis on Wednesday (29th June) appointed Salesian Fr. Roberto Bergamaschi,as Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa in Ethiopia
Police attack Vietnamese Catholics praying at home

Jun 30, 2016

Police attacked and dispersed Catholics who had gathered to pray in northern Vietnam on June 19.
For Thailand Catholics, God's mercy exceeds limits of illness

Jun 30, 2016

Hundreds of sick and physically challenged people marked the Catholic Church’s Year of Mercy in Thailand with a special procession through the Holy Door of the cathedral in the Diocese of Chanthaburi.
Al-Qaa bids farewell to victims as archbishop urges declaring outskirts a 'military zone'

Jun 30, 2016

The restive eastern border town of al-Qaa bid farewell Wednesday to five of its sons who were killed before dawn Monday in unprecedented multiple suicide bombings, as the region's Christian spiritual leader called for turning the neighboring area of Masharii al-Qaa into a “military zone.”
Istanbul airport attack: Turkey declares a day of mourning while the number of victims increases

Jun 30, 2016

A day of national mourning was declared by the Turkish government following the terrorist attack at the Ataturk airport in Istanbul, which killed 42 people, including 13 foreigners. The injured are 239, of which 41 in serious condition and under intensive care.
Marian devotees challenged to be missionaries

Jun 30, 2016

On June 27, Norman Daza skipped work to celebrate what he considers one of the most important days of his life, the feast day of Our Mother of Perpetual Help.