Global Church News

Lanzhou, official Bishop commemorates his underground predecessor. With some difficulty

Feb 22, 2018

10 Priests did not participate at Mass for the late Msgr. Yang Libo. With thousands of faithful they accuse the present Bishop, ordained in the underground community, of having sought governmental recognition without sharing this with his community.
Holy Spirit Sisters support women's development in Madhya Pradesh

Feb 22, 2018

The congregation set up the Uday Social Development Society in 2009. "[E]ducation is the key to success in life". The NGO offers sewing, embroidery, cooking and home economics courses. Its goal is to make women independent and "agents of social transformation".
Integral ecology: Spring tree planting campaign launched in Karachi

Feb 22, 2018

The initiative is part of Caritas’s environment-related development plans inspired by Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’. A "spiritual ecological conversion" is needed to save the environment that surrounds us.
Vietnamese Catholics celebrate Tet

Feb 21, 2018

Catholics in Vietnam try to keep alive various national traditions from food, clothes to rites during Tet celebrations.
Marian devotees told to learn from dogs' qualities

Feb 21, 2018

Vietnamese bishop tells Tet pilgrims that faithfulness, geniality and watchfulness are important for family life
Pope Francis appoints new Auxiliary for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York

Feb 21, 2018

Pope Francis transfers Bishop Robert Coyle from his position as Auxiliary Bishop in the Military Archdiocese of the United States to Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York.
The year 2017 was the worst for Christians in India

Feb 21, 2018

An evangelical group issued a report highlighting 351 cases of violence, but the figure is not exhaustive, as many victims are afraid to come forth to report attacks to police. In three years, attacks against churches and other places of worship increased by 28 per cent.
Dear Chinese Bishops, where is the measure of your heart?

Feb 21, 2018

A young Catholic from the official community, appreciates the lucidity and the realism of Msgr. Guo Xijin (underground bishop), and doubts the style of other underground or official bishops, such as Msgr. Han Zhihai and Wei Jingyi. A meditation on the joys and sorrows of the Chinese faithful in front of the so-called "imminent" agreement between China and the Vatican.
Criticism of Ostpolitik, persecution and dissent (II)

Feb 21, 2018

Paul VI consistently defended Vatican overtures to the USSR, although they scandalized many in the Church. Benevolent politics did not stop persecutions, which instead intensified. But a form of ecumenical and cultural resistance was born and was lived by Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox in the concentration camps. Part Two of an expert analysis.
Archbishop of Erbil: Christians in Iraq are ‘scourged, wounded, but still there’

Feb 20, 2018

“Without an end to this persecution and violence, there is no future for religious pluralism in Iraq or anywhere else in the Middle East for that matter,” said Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil in a speech at Georgetown University on Feb. 15.