Global Church News

Missionary of Mother Teresa hopes that Christmas will bring the joy of God’s presence even in times of martyrdom

Dec 15, 2017

He calls for putting Pope Francis's call into practice, namely "Let us love, not with words but with deeds". The example is that of the four nuns killed by extremists in Aden, Yemen. Speaking about one of the nuns, he writes that she had “faith and trust that God's love is stronger than all the aggressive powers of the world and it transformed her from victim of darkness into a daughter of light.”
Amman, Churches march against Trump's decision on Jerusalem

Dec 15, 2017

About 2 thousand people marched in silence, carrying candles, photos of the king and flags. The opposition against Trump's choice to recognize the capital of Israel. Jerusalem is in the heart of all Muslims; and it is also rooted in those of Christians.
Duterte move to extend martial law angers Filipinos

Dec 15, 2017

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte marked human rights day on Dec. 10 by urging Congress to approve extending martial law for one more year in the southern island of Mindanao.
Christmas letter from Hong Kong

Dec 15, 2017

Fr Mario Marazzi, a missionary with the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), was born in Varenna (Italy) in 1928. Ordained priest in 1960, he spent the first 20 years of his mission in Hong Kong.
Franciscans involved in making of ‘The Sultan and the Saint’ documentary

Dec 15, 2017

Franciscans involved in making of ‘The Sultan and the Saint’ documentary
Christian vocation is to serve life, health, Pope says in World Day of the Sick message

Dec 15, 2017

The Catholic Church’s care for the sick, especially through Catholic-run hospitals, is an antidote to “the business mentality that seeks to turn health care into a profit- making enterprise, worldwide” Pope Francis said.
Islamic countries against Trump: East Jerusalem, capital of Palestine

Dec 15, 2017

The OIC leaders define the declaration of the White House that recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel "null and void". An "attack" on the right
Salvator Mundi will be exhibited at Abu Dhabi’s Louvre

Dec 15, 2017

The news that the buyer of Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold, is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, known catchily as MBS, comes as something as a revelation. The painting is destined to hang in the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
The Argentine Bishops’ intepretation of Amoris Laetitia is official

Dec 15, 2017

Changes in canon law don’t come quickly. But the news that Pope Francis has officially recognised the interpretation of Chapter VIII of Amoris Laetitia put forth by Argentine Bishops indicates that change does, nevertheless, occur.
Pope Francis calls on world leaders to “avert a new spiral of violence” in Jerusalem and the Middle East

Dec 15, 2017

The Vatican made it clear in a statement that Pope Francis is profoundly concerned at the downward turn of events in Jerusalem, the Holy Land and the Middle East, and the risk of “a new spiral of violence” there after President Donald J. Trump declared that Jerusalem is “the capital of Israel” and announced that the United States would move its embassy there from Tel Aviv.