Global Church News

Orphan children in martial arts cages

Aug 27, 2017

Police in Chengdu have launched an investigation into a martial arts club suspected of using children and teenagers for commercial cage fights. At least 17 youngsters recruited by the Enbo club have been sent home.
Unprecedented steps in ecumenical dialogue

Aug 26, 2017

The Vatican has been “working on the idea of the visit to Russia for a long time,” said Cardinal Pietro Parolin. This visit is finally possible largely as a result of the February 2016 meeting between Pope Francis and Kirill.
Pakistan’s “Mother Teresa” given state funeral

Aug 26, 2017

For the first time in Pakistan’s recent history, a Christian was honoured with a state funeral.
Melbourne Archbishop says he’s prepared to go to jail rather than divulge confessions

Aug 26, 2017

Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne, Australia said that he would go to jail rather than obey a law requiring him to divulge the contents of a sacramental confession.
Cardinal Tagle urges end to drug trade, killings

Aug 26, 2017

The head of the Philippines’ powerful Catholic Church has called for an end to the “waste of human lives” following a brutal week in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war in which a 17-year-old boy was among dozens killed.
We must oppose the voices of ‘fragmentation and hatred’

Aug 26, 2017

Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley released the following statement Aug 15 in the wake of a white nationalist demonstration during which an act of violence lef
Mgr Stephen Lee's message calls for collaboration to heal Macau after typhoon Hato

Aug 26, 2017

Typhoon Hato, which hit Macau two days ago along with Hong Kong and Guangdong, left a trail of dead (nine), injured, damages, and flooding.
Indonesia sees spike in drug trafficker suspect killings

Aug 26, 2017

The number of suspected drug traffickers killed by the authorities has increased significantly since last year, as a result of a shoot-on-sight policy, according to an Amnesty International researcher.
Could the canonization of Bl. Pier Giorgio happen next year?

Aug 26, 2017

Ahead of the 2018 synod on youth in Rome, a group of Catholic young people are asking for testimonies and signatures in support of the canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.
Pray to God to free us of the “inhuman violence” of terrorism

Aug 26, 2017

Pope Francis has called on people everywhere to pray to God “to free the world of this inhuman violence” of acts of terrorism that killed and injured victims in three countries over the past week.