Global Church News

Ash Wednesday: The first day of Lent

Mar 01, 2017

Ash Wednesday is one of the most popular and important holy days in the liturgical calendar. Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer.
People of South Sudan hoping and praying for Pope's visit

Mar 01, 2017

Pope Francis has said he wishes to travel this year to war-ravaged South Sudan together with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Local Bishop: 'The Madonna has not appeared in Medjugorje'

Mar 01, 2017

The Bishop of the local Church where Medjugorje is located reiterated on Sunday his long-held belief that the alleged Marian apparitions at the site are false.
Dorothy Day, as seen by her granddaughter

Mar 01, 2017

Dorothy Day, the co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement whose cause for canonization has been opened, is the subject of a new book by her own gran
This Spanish prison ministry is helping rehabilitate inmates

Mar 01, 2017

The prison ministry founded by a Spanish Jesuit in the 1960s has had such fruits as a group of inmates donating their own money to help the needy at C
Vietnamese seminary marks 25 years

Feb 28, 2017

A major seminary established 25 years ago in central Vietnam has produced hundreds of priests to meet the needs of the country's Catholics even as the communist government suppressed their faith.
Fleeing the Sinai, Christian families speak about the terror they experienced

Feb 28, 2017

Copts who fled El Ar?sh tell harrowing stories of point-blank shootings, robberies and fires. Some of those who fought in the Sinai War in 1973 are now branded "Crusaders" by Daesh. Death threats have appeared on homes, or just the word “Go”.
Bishop Conley: Mass deportations will not fix our immigration system

Feb 28, 2017

Controversial immigration policies issued by United States President Donald Trump’s have thus far prompted numerous critiques from concerned U.S. Catholic Bishops.
Greek Melkite Church: Peace reached between Patriarch Gregory III and “rebel” Bishops

Feb 27, 2017

The Synod held a few days ago in Rabieh, Lebanon, ends in success. Divisions between the patriarch and a group of dissident prelates over real estate is settled. Communion and fraternal charity prevailed in the community. The presence of the nuncios to Syria and Lebanon, Card Zenari and Mgr Caccia, proved crucial.
Catholics to hold peace conference in Myanmar

Feb 27, 2017

The Catholic Church is holding a peace conference in Yangon in April 2017 and has invited all Myanmar’s factions to attend.