Global Church News

Forty years of Radio Veritas Asia's Mandarin Service

Jul 19, 2016

Sister Angela Liu Lijun, a former coordinator of the Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) Mandarin Service, once met a priest in China and asked him how he learned theology. He replied that an elderly priest taught him in the days when religious activities had just been revived after the Cultural Revolution .
Theologians: Amoris Laetitia needs clarification against ‘heretical’ interpretations

Jul 19, 2016

Forty-five theologians and clergymen have written to cardinals asking them to request a clarification from Pope Francis that Amoris Laetitia doesn’t contradict Church teaching.
At Mass and memorials, Dallas says goodbye to murdered police officers

Jul 19, 2016

Five Dallas police officers were killed by a gunman targeting police on July 7
Put ethics first, priest warns Catholic physicians

Jul 19, 2016

A moral theologian has reminded Catholic doctors to uphold the ethical values of their profession and refrain from doing things harmful to human life,
World Youth Day a time to reflect on mercy

Jul 19, 2016

A 20-member delegation from Bangladesh will travel to Poland to join tens of thousands of delegates from around the globe for World Youth Day celebrations in Poland next week.
Russian Orthodox Church officially rejects the Council of Crete as a Pan-Orthodox

Jul 19, 2016

The Synod rejects meeting’s Pan-Orthodox status, but recognises it as "important event". The Patriarchate of Antioch distances itself making it clear it that it does not consider the documents approved at the Council as binding.
Pakistani Church calls for ban on TV preacher who inspired Dhaka terrorists

Jul 19, 2016

Catholic Church leaders are calling on the Pakistani government to ban Peace TV, which is headed by Zakir Naik, an Islamic preacher who inspired the perpetrators of the massacre at the Holey Artisan Bakery Café in Dhaka.
Americans think statute of limitations laws should be applied equally

Jul 19, 2016

By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans believe it is unfair to extend the statute of limitations regarding sex abuse cases for private institutions but not public ones.
Only Christ offers answers in our violent world, Baton Rouge bishop says

Jul 19, 2016

Jesus Christ’s triumph over death, despair and hate should move us forward after a deadly attack on law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, the city’
Islamists stop construction of shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary near Yogyakarta

Jul 19, 2016

Catholic leader and shrine promoter Cahyo Binuko receives threats and is the victim of intimidation. Local authorities issued a building permit months ago, but local extremists have tried to stop the construction, accusing Catholics of playing games with local residents’ minds. Now they are putting pressures on the authorities to withdraw the building permit.