Global Church News

Vatican names another new Filipino Bishop

Feb 20, 2018

New prelate will be the fifth prelate the Diocese of Iba in the northern Philippines
Relics of St. Therese receive warm Filipino welcome

Feb 20, 2018

Filipinos welcomed the arrival of the relics of St. Therese of the Child Jesus in Manila on Feb. 18 with a shower of white and red rose petals.
Nuns distribute Bibles to educate Filipino journalists

Feb 20, 2018

Activity is part of the 'education for truth' drive of the Daughters of St. Paul
Dagestan, ISIS attacks an Orthodox church, killing five women

Feb 20, 2018

The attack carried out by a 22 year-old. Faithful targeted at the end of the Maslenitsa festival. Dagestan is a Muslim majority republic. In 2015 ISIS created the "Caucasian province" of the fundamentalist group.
Sr Arina Gonsalves joins Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Feb 20, 2018

Pope Francis has chosen Sister Arina Gonsalves, an Indian nun, to help the Catholic Church protect children and prevent violence against them.
Underground Catholic: We are excluded from dialogue between China and the Holy See

Feb 20, 2018

Catholics of the unofficial Church complain that the "imminent" agreement between Rome and Beijing on the appointment of bishops forgets all the persecutions that the Christian communities are subject to. A criticism also to Msgr. Giuseppe Wei Jingyi, who - according to the author - is "underground” in name but not in nature. The repentant bishops show "repentance" only in private, but continue government policy in public.
Church offers prayers and solidarity to Filipino migrants abroad

Feb 20, 2018

About ten million Filipinos work abroad. From January to November last year, they sent home about 1.4 trillion pesos (US$ 2.6 billion). They often endure abuse and exploitation. The country’s bishops back the government’s "the total ban" on workers going to Kuwait.
Women to open own businesses without the permission of a male guardian

Feb 20, 2018

audi women will be able to open businesses without the permission of a male guardian, the Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Investment announced sunday. The goal is to stimulate the private sector.
Bishop Sherrington speaks out against abortion clinic ‘buffer zones’

Feb 19, 2018

Bishop Sherrington said a ban would threaten freedom of expression and foster intolerance
Beijing-Vatican deal not normal: Zen rebuts Kelly

Feb 19, 2018

'It is unthinkable to ask a legitimate bishop to retire so as to make room for an illegitimate or excommunicated Bishop'