Global Church News

The diocese of Antipolo of Philippines has a new Bishop

Sep 12, 2016

He was installed as Auxiliary Bishop of Antipolo on September 8, 2007 and appointed Coadjutor of the same diocese on November 21, 2015.
Catholic peer meets President Assad

Sep 12, 2016

Lord Hylton was part of a delegation that met Bashar al-Assad during a week-long trip to the country
The brutal, powerful 9/11 stories of Catholic priests

Sep 12, 2016

On the clear, sunny morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Fr. Kevin Madigan heard an explosion overhead.
The heart of Padre Pio is coming to Boston. Yes, really

Sep 12, 2016

The Capuchin keepers of the relics of the late mystic Padre Pio are sending the saint’s heart to Boston for his feast day.
This couple spent their honeymoon helping Mother Teresa's nuns

Sep 12, 2016

Among the thousands of people who came to Rome to participate in the canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, were Lourdes and Chema: two Spaniards who have always been close to the saint and the Missionaries of Charity, whom they dedicated their honeymoon to help serve.
How the response to 9/11 affected Christians in the Middle East

Sep 12, 2016

On the 15th anniversary of the World Trade Center terror attacks, we shouldn't overlook how Middle Eastern Christians have suffered from the unintended consequences of U.S. post-9/11 foreign policy, says one expert.
Pope Francis: Gossip is the devil's weapon against the Church

Sep 12, 2016

Church unity is endangered especially by certain tactics of division favored by the devil himself, Pope Francis told bishops of mission territories on Friday.
Pope Francis reflects on the relationship between science and truth

Sep 10, 2016

“The Church supports the work of studying God’s creation in the human body and encourages the sciences in service to the weak and the infirm of societ
Parents of Medan church attack suspect apologise to Christians

Sep 10, 2016

The parents of a 17-yearold accused of attacking a church in Medan apologized on Sept 1 to Christians, especially Catholics, for their son’s alleged attempt to bomb the St Yosep Catholic Church in Medan and to kill the priest, Albertus Pandiangan.
Axe-wielding Islamic radical attacks Indonesian priest during Mass

Sep 09, 2016

A teenage Islamic radical attacked an Indonesian Catholic priest with an axe during Mass on August 28.