Global Church News

Archbishop to public officials: Rely on the Holy Spirit

Oct 04, 2016

Amidst the current environment of “political polarization,” one archbishop exhorted public officials on Sunday not to be discouraged, but to pray together and ask for “an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.”
Boko Haram will soon fizzle out’, says Nigerian bishop fighting terrorism with the rosary

Oct 04, 2016

Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme of Maiduguri said the terrorist group have been pushed back
Vandal destroys statues in four Roman churches

Oct 04, 2016

Italian police have arrested a 39-year-old Ghanaian man who entered several historic churches in central Rome Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, destroying a number of statues and creating panic among the faithful and tourists who were there at the time.
The Church of Fr. Jacques Hamel reopens, exceptionally, process of beatification begins

Oct 04, 2016

For the first time since July 26, sunday afternoon, the doors of the church of St Etienne-du-Rouvray, close to Rouen, where Fr. Jacques Hamel, was murdered by two young jihadists, reopened.
Aleppo’s Armenian Christian neighbourhoods targeted by jihadi (and Turkish) rockets

Oct 04, 2016

Fighting and dying continue not only in eastern Aleppo, where the Syrian army is pursuing its offensive backed by Russian air strikes, but also in the government-controlled western districts.
Religious tolerance is good for society and the soul, says Pope during mosque visit

Oct 04, 2016

Quoting a Muslim poet, Francis said religions should help people build better societies
Second Indonesian Youth Day begins with live-in programme

Oct 04, 2016

The Second Indonesian Youth Da y (IYD) began in the host Diocese of Manado on Oct. 1, with 2600 youth from the country’s 37 dioceses living in families of Manado's 37 parishes.
Nepalis, Catholic and non-Catholic, bid farewell to apostolic nuncio Mgr Salvatore Pennacchio

Oct 04, 2016

Nepal’s Catholic community "is numerically small but big in faith," said Mgr Salvatore Pennacchio during his farewell ceremony as apostolic nuncio in Nepal.
Canadian cardinal won’t refuse funerals for those choosing assisted suicide

Oct 04, 2016

Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec said he would not follow in the steps of other Canadian bishops
Normandy church where Fr Hamel was murdered by ISIS reopens

Oct 03, 2016

The Archbishop of Rouen led a procession through Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray before celebrating Mass at the church