Global Church News

Lutherans, Catholics urged to keep finding ways to pray together

Oct 06, 2017

A Catholic bishop and a Lutheran bishop told members of both their denominations gathered to mark the Reformation’s 500th anniversary that they need to keep finding ways to respect one another, pray together and cross “these bridges between us.”
Churches in Vietnam, Japan to jointly care for migrants

Oct 05, 2017

Some 200,000 Vietnamese migrant workers live in Japan and many of them suffer economic exploitation
Clergy stand by condemnation of killings in Mindanao diocese

Oct 05, 2017

Philippine churchmen in Dipolog deny governor's claim the diocese has retracted statement hitting out at drug trade murders
Pope: The task of Christians is to be missionaries of hope

Oct 05, 2017

This is demonstrated by the "many Christians who did not abandon their people when the time of persecution came. They stayed there, where even tomorrow was uncertain, where nothing could be done, they were hoping for God. " In March 2018 a pre-synodal meeting with young Catholics, young people from different Christian denominations and other religions and non-believers.
World Youth Day cross, Marian icon console Mexican earthquake victims

Oct 05, 2017

A team of pilgrims representing World Youth Day 2019 offered a message of hope and consolation to Mexicans impacted by a devastating Sept. 7 earthquak
Kurdish leader Talabani, Iraq's first post Saddam president, has died

Oct 05, 2017

Fighter and supporter of Kurdish independence, he represented national unity following the US invasion. In talks with Pope Benedict XVI he spoke about religious freedom and the defense of Christians. The condolences of the Chaldean patriarch. Kurdish deputy: His death saddens "the Arabs, the Kurds and all other ethnicities".
Bishop Warduni: "Unity and dialogue" from the Chaldean Synod for the future of Christians and Iraq

Oct 05, 2017

The leaders of the Chaldean Church are set to meet in Rome from 4 to 8 October to discuss the Kurdish referendum and the return of Nineveh refugees. The situation is generally "not good" at a time of "great need". What is needed is "wisdom, common sense and love".
Taiwan President invites Pope Francis to visit

Oct 04, 2017

Fourth invitation issued to pontiff in past two years
Iraqi Christians ‘in danger’ over Kurdish referendum crisis

Oct 04, 2017

Christians are in a 'state of fear' over a possible conflict after Kurdistan voted for independence
The Russian Patriarch in Uzbekistan, a symbol of Islamic-Christian coexistence

Oct 04, 2017

The new orthodox cathedral consecrated in Tashkent. In Samarcanda, the patriarch visited the tomb of the prophet Daniel, worshiped by Christians and Muslims. In the country there are 2239 religious communities of 16 different confessions, with at least 50 Orthodox churches. Lukashenko proposes a new meeting between Pope Francis and Kirill in Minsk.