Global Church News

Cardinal Schonborn warns of 'Islamic conquest' of Europe

Sep 16, 2016

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has warned that Europe risks forfeiting its “Christian inheritance” and that an “Islamic conquest” could be in its future.
St. Thomas More's hats – and other relics – coming soon to DC

Sep 16, 2016

Centuries-old relics and artifacts of St. Thomas More will be coming to the U.S. for the first time in an exhibit that curators hope will evangelize today’s faithful.
Georgia parish's Disaster Relief Ministry ready when needed

Sep 16, 2016

When a well-meaning team from the Catholic Church of St. Ann in Marietta, Ga., came to tornado-devastated Ringgold, Ga., in April 2011, they found the Baptists, Methodists and Seventh-day Adventists were already on hand, dispensing assistance in an organized, helpful manner.
Irish pilgrims accompanying Our Lady of Sorrows today in Jerusalem

Sep 16, 2016

Archbishop Martin to Auxiliary of Latin Patriarchate: Our Via Crucis has given us a glimpse of both the earthly and the heavenly Jerusalem!
What does Consecration of Africa to the Divine Mercy mean?

Sep 16, 2016

The Pan African Congress on Divine Mercy has closed Wednesday in the Rwandese town of Kabuga at the Shrine of Divine Mercy with a Mass presided over by the Special Envoy of Pope Francis to the Congress, Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya.
Vatican's new normal: Stories of love, attraction before papacy

Sep 16, 2016

The big news out of the Vatican last week was the publication of a book-length interview with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in which the former pontiff reflects -- the first to do so, as popes almost always die in office -- on his controversial eight years as pope.
Cardinal condemns ‘offensive’ adverts that ‘promote abortion as a social good’

Sep 16, 2016

Adverts by Catholics for Choice are deceptive and extreme, says Cardinal Dolan
Israeli intellectuals appeal to Diaspora Jews to "end the occupation"

Sep 16, 2016

Some 500 high-profile Israeli intellectuals, artists and public figures have issued a statement calling on Diaspora Jews to join them to end Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Virtual reality film lets users experience the life of Christ

Sep 15, 2016

If you have ever wondered what it would be like to have been there when Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, or to have stood next to the Blessed Virgin Mary at the foot of the cross, then a new feature-film length virtual reality of the life of Christ may give you the chance.
US Archbishop: ‘Arguing for religious freedom is not bigotry’

Sep 15, 2016

The Archbishop of Baltimore defended religious freedom after a commitee chairman called it an 'excuse for discrimination'