Global Church News

• 

  Carmelite nuns pray for conversion of ISIS

  Sep 21, 2016

  On the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, the cloistered nuns observed a 24-hour continuous adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

  
• 

  Hindu Assisi participant: ‘Pope Francis is moral conscience keeper of the world’

  Sep 21, 2016

  Indian writer and activist Sudheendra Kulkarni is one of the estimated 450 religious representatives of various faiths participating in the World Day

  
• 

  Pakistani Christian jailed for blasphemy over Facebook like

  Sep 21, 2016

  The boy reportedly 'liked' a picture of a holy Islamic site in Mecca on the social networking site

  
• 

  Pope Francis concludes World Day of Prayer for Peace

  Sep 21, 2016

  Pope Francis presided over the closing ceremony of the World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi on Tuesday afternoon

  
• 

  Failure of ecumenism diminishes Christian worship,’ says Archbishop of Canterbury

  Sep 21, 2016

  Archbishop Justin Welby was speaking during a discussion on ecumenism in Assisi

  
• 

  Religious leaders in Assisi praise Patriarch Bartholomew as a great ecumenist

  Sep 21, 2016

  Jewish, Anglican and Catholic leaders celebrated the 25th anniversary of the patriarch's enthronement

  
• 

  Religious freedom and women's rights share common ground

  Sep 21, 2016

  Support for religious freedom often appears to be in conflict with women's rights both in the United States and abroad.

  
• 

  Cardinal Onaiyekan in Assisi: Boko Haram sincere but wrong

  Sep 21, 2016

  If dialogue is the path to peace, and if authentic dialogue consists in careful listening and frank speaking, then the Cardinal-Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria, John Onaiyekan, is to be counted as one who “gets it”.

  
• 

  Pope meets religious leaders and refugees at Assisi peace day

  Sep 21, 2016

  The Pope will address the gathering in Assisi and lead prayers for victims of war

  
• 

  Cardinal Parolin to visit Colombia for signing of peace accords

  Sep 21, 2016

  Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin will visit Colombia Sept. 26 to mark the signing of a long-awaited peace agreement between the Colombian government and FARC rebels.