Global Church News

Pakistan university students tackle intolerance problem

Nov 03, 2017

When Muhammad Usman Farooq arrived to study at the top University in Lahore, there was animated discussion about an infamous blasphemy case against one of the lecturers.
Humanitarian law and conscience to alleviate the atrocities of wars

Nov 03, 2017

Faced with testimonies of terrible atrocities and destruction affecting people and things involved in conflicts, it is necessary to make “further developments” on international humanitarian law and also to pray and push for the awakening of moral consciousness.
Mohammed bin Salman wants to consign Wahhabism to the past

Nov 03, 2017

Because of Wahhabism, the country is accused of being the inspiration and funder of global Islamist terrorism. The hereditary prince wants to guide Saudi Arabia into modernity.
Pope says space station crew is like a ‘tiny UN’ with peaceful diversity

Nov 03, 2017

One perk that comes with floating aboard the International Space Station is NASA arranges for occasional calls with celebrities to keep the astronauts' spirits high during their monthslong flights.
All Souls' Day

Nov 02, 2017

All Souls Day is a holy day set aside for honoring the dead. The day is primarily celebrated in the Catholic Church, but it is also celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and a few other denominations of Christianity.
Africa urged to protect the family from spiritual and moral vulnerability

Nov 02, 2017

The National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Catholic Churches of English-Speaking Africa recently gathered in Harare for two weeks with the aim of strengthening the missionary communion and to share notes on how to carry forward the mission of the Church.
Ordinations to be held at birthplace of Korea's first Priest Saint

Nov 02, 2017

St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon and 10 of his family members were martyred
Charnel house opens in South Korea for those without family

Nov 02, 2017

Center can house the remains of some 6,500 people
New ‘Pint-ifex’ beer honours Benedict XVI

Nov 02, 2017

The 'Beer-nedict XVI' wheat beer was unveiled at a conference in Ohio
‘Horrendous attack’ in New York ‘weighs on all our hearts,’ says Cardinal

Nov 02, 2017

'It grieves me deeply that we must again respond to such acts of terror,' the head of the US bishops' conference said.