Global Church News

Church celebrates 100 years of Tanzanian Catholic Priests

Aug 21, 2017

The first four native priests were Frs. Celestine Kipanda of Bunda Diocese; Angelo Mwirabure, Geita Diocese; Oscar kyakaraba, Bukoba Diocese and Willlbard Mupapi from Kashozi-Bukoba Diocese.
State funeral for Catholic nun, Pakistan's Mother Teresa

Aug 21, 2017

State-run television broadcast live footage of her flag-draped coffin being solemnly carried by Pakistani soldiers in the southern city of Karachi.
Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor taken seriously ill

Aug 21, 2017

Cardinal Nichols has asked for prayers for his predecessor
The nuclear option has to be taken off the table

Aug 21, 2017

People in the United States and across the globe are feeling anxious about the escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.
Church reform groups support call for Year of the Laity

Aug 21, 2017

Emboldened by Pope Francis, church reformers are endorsing a call by the Brazilian bishops for a Year of the Laity, expanded to include conferences and observances around the world from November of this year until November 2018.
Christian ethicists: Racism, white supremacy are 'a Christian problem'

Aug 21, 2017

In 1934, a group of Christians in Nazi Germany signed their names to the "Barmen Declaration," a statement opposing Nazi ideology as antithetical to the Gospel. Eighty years later, Christians in the United States feel the need to do the same thing.
O'Malley: 'One nation is meant to include all'

Aug 21, 2017

Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley released the following statement Aug. 15 in the wake of a white nationalist demonstration during which an act of violence left one person dead and 19 others injured in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Thousands of South Sudanese find refuge in Cathedral

Aug 21, 2017

As the civil war in South Sudan heightens, millions are fleeing their homes for safer ground, which many have found at St. Mary Help of Christian's Ca
Young Koreans journey to Hiroshima on peace pilgrimage

Aug 20, 2017

To better understand peace, school students of Cheju Diocese joined others from Kyoto Diocese in Japan
Cardinal Parolin in Moscow: Ostpolitik conquers distrust

Aug 20, 2017

The theme is a meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, not in Moscow, but in some holy place of the Christian East, or in Bari. An international conference on the future of Ukraine and Crimea. Commitment to Christians and Peace in the Middle East.