Global Church News
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European Commission rejects pro-life citizens’ initiative
May 29, 2014
The European Commission has rejected the pro-life citizens’ initiative “One of Us,” which sought to ban E.U. funding for research and other activities that destroy human embryos.
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Pope Francis recalls birth of Church in Upper Room
May 27, 2014
At the conclusion of his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Pope Francis focused his homily at Mass on the significance of the Upper Room, held to be the site of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus' apostles.
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Pope Francis urges two-state solution in first remarks to Israel
May 26, 2014
Late Sunday afternoon Pope Francis arrived in Tel Aviv, where he urged Israeli President Shimon Peres and other authorities to adopt a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Israeli, Palestinian presidents accept invitation meeting at Vatican
May 26, 2014
Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that they have accepted Pope Francis’ invitation to join him at the Vatican for an encounter of prayer.
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Dominicans turn to music, rosary to evangelize in DC
May 23, 2014
Music and the distribution of rosaries provided an opportunity to spread the Gospel for a group of Dominicans in the heart of the nation’s capital
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Israeli parliament lauds John XXIII as example of unity
May 19, 2014
In an unprecedented session held earlier this week, members of the Israeli parliament praised St John XXIII for his efforts in improving Jewish-Christian relations, both before and during his pontificate.
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Family cannot be done away with, archbishop tells UN
May 19, 2014
The family has a “unique character” that makes it a “patrimony for all humanity,” Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the head of the Pontifical Council for the Family, told the United Nations.
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Altar destroyed in arson attack on Catholic church
May 16, 2014
An arson attack almost destroyed the Catholic church of St. Mary of the Ascension, located in a rural area of Kinali district (West Pasaman) in Indonesia's West Sumatra province.
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Cardinal O'Malley: reject indifference toward immigrants
May 16, 2014
Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston called for a greater awareness of the situation faced by many immigrants to the U.S., as well as the need to reform a “broken and woefully inadequate” system.
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Christians and Muslims united in Nigeria, says bishop
May 15, 2014
Boko Haram’s April kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls has brought Nigerians, as well as people across the world, into solidarity with each other across religious divides, one of the country’s bishops has said.
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Sunday Reflection
Understanding God as Trinity
Today the Church commemorates Trinity Sunday. We might have heard that sermons and lectures about the Trinity usually conclude with the caution that it is beyond comprehension and that we may never be able to fully understand it.
