Global Church News

Pakistan: Lenten seminar, “Seek the Kingdom of God”

Mar 08, 2017

A Lenten seminar on the theme “Seek first the Kingdom of God” was held recently by Diocesan Catechetical Centre in Karachi, Pakistan.
Prince Charles and Camilla to meet Pope Francis for the first time

Mar 08, 2017

The meeting will take place at a private audience at the Vatican in April
Philippine Bishops ‘overcome with grief’ as House of Representatives backs death penalty

Mar 08, 2017

Lawmakers approved the bill to reinstate capital punishment with 216 to 54 votes
Irish nun attacked, injured in the Philippines

Mar 08, 2017

An Irish missionary nun has been injured in an attack on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines
Bible reading and educational activities at summer camp organised by Pathein Diocese

Mar 08, 2017

Over a hundred youth attended the gathering, including AVSI sponsored children. Reading and listening to the Word of God was the camp’s main activity. All “religions are based on love and sharing of one's life,” said one young participant.
Pope Francis begins Lenten Spiritual Exercises

Mar 08, 2017

Pope Francis and members of the Vatican Curia travelled on Sunday afternoon to the "Casa del Divin Maestro,” a retreat centre in Ariccia, located in the Alban hills just outside Rome. They are taking part in the week-long Curial Spiritual Exercises.
This priest says Adoration has made Juarez a safer city

Mar 08, 2017

Juarez, located in the state of Chihuahua in northern Mexico, was considered from 2008 to 2010 to be one of the the most dangerous cities in the world, due to drug trafficking violence and the constant struggles for power and territory between the cartels.
Beatification process underway for P’yong-yang Bishop and the other 213 Martyrs

Mar 08, 2017

The process will be national and not diocesan in scope. It covers two groups: Korean martyrs killed between 1785 and 1879 and those killed in modern Korea, from 1901 to Communist persecution after the Korean War (1950-1953).
Japanese Catholics celebrate anniversary of hidden communities

Mar 07, 2017

Catholics in southern Japan are remembering when two of their hidden communities discovered each other 150 years ago during a time of persecution.
Catholics in Egypt are sheltering Orthodox families fleeing ISIS

Mar 07, 2017

A Catholic spokesman says ISIS is now 'strongly entrenched' in the North Sinai region