Global Church News

Touchdown! Notre Dame scores big on HHS mandate at Supreme Court

Mar 10, 2015

In a potentially groundbreaking decision, the Supreme Court nullified a federal court ruling against the University of Notre Dame on the HHS contraception mandate and sent it back for reconsideration by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Religious freedom increasingly at risk in India as new attacks are perpetrated against Christians

Mar 05, 2015

India's Christian communities have suffered new attacks, casting doubts over the status of religious freedom in the country.
A global problem: Anti-Christian harassment around the world

Mar 04, 2015

Christian groups lead the world in a sobering statistic: they suffer harassment in more countries than any other religious group.
Why this priest has spent 50 years fighting with the New York Times

Mar 02, 2015

A lot has changed in journalism since 1961, but not Msgr. Daniel S. Hamilton’s resolve to rebut the New York Times on its editorial opinions regarding matters of faith and morals.
The war in Ukraine: A failure to evangelize?

Feb 25, 2015

Conflict in eastern Ukraine which began in April 2014 has pitted the country's government against separatists widely believed to be backed by Russia, and some are attributing the chaos to a failed evangelization in the country.
New religious freedom official: The time for action is now

Feb 25, 2015

The new U.S. religious freedom ambassador wasted no time emphasizing the urgency of his mission as he was sworn in on Feb. 20.
For Coptic Christians, threat of martyrdom is part of daily life

Feb 23, 2015

The brutal murder of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya at the hands of ISIS last week is shining a light on the reality faced by many of Egypt’s Christians on a daily basis.
Communion for divorced and remarried? Africa's bishops have other concerns, cardinal says

Feb 20, 2015

A leading African cardinal says the continent's bishops want the upcoming Vatican synod to zero-in on strengthening the Church with good families – before getting sidetracked on other issues such as the contentious debate over allowing Communion for divorced and remarried couples.
Would you die for your ashes? Cardinal reflects on modern Christian martyrs

Feb 19, 2015

Catholics owe solidarity, prayer and a voice against injustice to their fellow Christians being martyred and persecuted around the world, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., stressed on Ash Wednesday.
Why the Religious Freedom Restoration Act matters to you

Feb 18, 2015

For the sake of religious liberity, it is vital that the religious rights of corporations – and not just individuals and churches – be upheld under federal law, a legal scholar has said.