Global Church News

Jubilee of Mercy in Tashkent: Children open the Holy Door

Dec 16, 2015

Children opened the Holy Door of Tashkent’s Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus "because they are the purest, pure of heart,” said Mgr Jerzy Maculewicz, apostolic administrator of the Catholic Church in Uzbekistan, as he spoke about the celebrations that inaugurated the Jubilee of Mercy in Uzbekistan.
Politics, culture meet in Philippine Christmas tradition

Dec 16, 2015

Politics and culture share the stage in one of the Philippines' Christmas traditions — the annual University of the Philippines Christmas lantern para
Wisconsin priest humbled to be named next Bishop of Superior

Dec 16, 2015

Pope Francis on Tuesday chose Father James P. Powers to be the next Bishop of Superior, Wis.
How one pro-life group is preparing for the 2016 elections

Dec 16, 2015

If the pro-life movement is to achieve its biggest policy victories to date, it must have a supporter in the White House after the 2016 election, one
Finding a 'Merry Christmas' in the irreverent

Dec 15, 2015

I recently watched a beleaguered man in a Santa suit step off of a public transit train into 70-degree December weather and thought to myself, "This may be the worst Christmas ever."
Authorities free Chinese pastors, lawyers opposed to cross removals

Dec 15, 2015

Chinese authorities have released four pastors and two lawyers, leading opponents of a controversial cross-removal and church demolition campaign in W
Preparations for January's eucharistic congress nearly complete

Dec 15, 2015

The church in the Philippines has nearly completed preparations for January's International Eucharistic Congress, which is expected to draw some 10,000 Catholic participants from around the world, officials said.
Iraqi patriarch: Survival of Christians in Middle East has reached ‘critical’ point

Dec 15, 2015

The survival of Christianity in the Middle East has reached such a critical point that the chances of dialogue and reconciliation in the region are being threatened, said Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad.
Cardinal Nichols opens Holy Door in Westminster Cathedral

Dec 15, 2015

Cardinal Vincent Nichols opened the Door of Mercy in Westminster Cathedral on Sunday to mark the beginning of the Year of Mercy.
Belgium bishops welcome criticism of euthanasia for patients facing ‘psychological suffering’

Dec 15, 2015

Belgium’s Catholic bishops welcomed a statement by top medical professors, psychiatrists and ethicists criticising legislation that allows euthanasia for patients facing “psychological suffering.”