Global Church News

Catholics plan mass-rosary prayer around the British coast

Feb 08, 2018

The 'Rosary on the Coast' will mark 50 years since the Abortion Act came into effect
Charity, clarity, and their opposite

Feb 08, 2018

Nearly everyone trying to understand the current government turmoil in Washington is either (a) pre-committed to one or the other political party’s version of events; or (b) thoroughly confused. Most of us fall more or less in the second group.
Holy Land pilgrimages on the rise, despite political tensions

Feb 08, 2018

While the transition of the American embassy to Jerusalem has exacerbated regional tension in recent months, the number of Christian pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land has increased.
Parents of terminally ill son request transfer to Vatican hospital during legal battle

Feb 08, 2018

Parents of Alfie Evans, a 20-month old boy in the U.K. who suffers from an unknown neurological degenerative condition, are pleading in court to keep their son on life-support and seek alternative treatments.
Beijing paper praises Pope Francis’s ‘wisdom’ on Chinese Bishops

Feb 07, 2018

The state-run Global Times said the Pope had made 'substantive concessions' to China
Filipino Bishop wants future Japanese saint for his diocese

Feb 07, 2018

Tells visiting prelates from Japan blessed Justo Takayama Ukon is a symbol of friendship between countries' Christians
Bishop Barros – the story so far

Feb 07, 2018

Here's what you need to know about the Bishop Barros affair
Cardinals approve miracle attributed to Pope Paul VI

Feb 07, 2018

The former Pontiff will likely be canonised later this year
Two Priests murdered in Mexico

Feb 07, 2018

The Archdiocese of Acapulco, Mexico, reported that two priests were murdered early Monday morning, Feb 5.
For Card Bo, the Church is the great driver in Indian society

Feb 07, 2018

The archbishop of Yangon is the guest of honour at the Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India. For him, "When challenges abound, unity is not a luxury but [. . .] a necessity". Extremist nationalism "threatens the lives of vulnerable people". In Myanmar, "The Church took up the role of mercy for the afflicted people".