Global Church News

What actually makes a marriage invalid?

Jun 19, 2016

A virtual brouhaha erupted Thursday after Pope Francis said in unscripted remarks that “the great majority” of marriages today are null, due to a “provisional” culture in which people do not understand permanent commitment.
Colombo: Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first Sinhalese Catholic newspaper

Jun 19, 2016

Catholics and others celebrated the 150th anniversary of Gnarath Pradeepaya (Lamp of Wisdom), Sri Lanka’s first Catholic paper in Sinhalese and one of Asia’s oldest publciations.
Pan-Orthodox Council still a go – spokesman for Ecumenical Patriarch

Jun 18, 2016

Despite last-minute defections by representatives of four Orthodox Patriarchates, a spokesman for the Ecumenical Patriarch insists that the Council of the Orthodox Churches will still speak for all of Eastern Orthodoxy and will foster Orthodox unity as well.
Sri Lankan cardinal warns against sketchy 'Sunday Mass' ad

Jun 18, 2016

The Catholic faithful shouldn’t believe a misleading newspaper ad that says Sunday Masses are being held in a hotel room in the city of Colombo, the Archbishop of Colombo has said.
The Church in Paris pulls the faithful together with football

Jun 17, 2016

This month, the 2016 European football championship is being held in France, and Parisian parishes seized the occasion to organize tie-in events.
Can the Eastern Orthodox still hold a 'pan-Orthodox Council'?

Jun 17, 2016

Four of the Churches – the Russian, Georgian, Bulgarian, and Antiochian Orthodox Churches – have announced they will not take part in the council.
Christians in Aleppo offer food to poor Muslims during Ramadan

Jun 17, 2016

Syriac Orthodox Christians in Aleppo have decided to provide food to poor Muslim families throughout the Islamic month of Ramadan.
Pakistan murder shows Christians not immune from 'honor killing' custom

Jun 17, 2016

A teenage Christian girl in Pakistan was reportedly killed by her own brother this week
How lack of reverence for the Eucharist puts people off Catholicism

Jun 17, 2016

Patrick Madrid recalls the Mormon who told him: 'I've never seen Catholics show awe. So I guess they don't believe it'
Filipino Bishops: Moral disagreement is no excuse for hatred, violence

Jun 17, 2016

Encounter and dialogue are the proper response to disagreements over morality, said the Catholic bishops of the Philippines, emphasizing in the wake of the Orlando shooting that hatred and violence have no place in the lives of Christians.