Global Church News

Pope Francis in Armenia, a pilgrim in the land of Christian martyrs

Jun 24, 2016

This visit is first and foremost a way of sharing with the first Christian people in history, marked by the genocide. There is also the ecumenical value of fraternity with the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the prophetic quality for peace in the Caucasus, a crossroad between Asia and Europe
How a sketchbook led one Chinese woman to the Catholic faith

Jun 24, 2016

Yan Xu is an artist from the central China city of Wuhan. What she drew one day would change her life.
Faith among Chinese youth growing amid the temptations of materialism and atheism

Jun 24, 2016

A young woman talks about her experience.A prayer group helped her along the way. Now she is involved in pastoral youth outreach in her diocese. Her story appeared in Tripod, the quarterly magazine of the Diocese of Hong Kong.
Semarang Archdiocese prioritizes people with disabilities

Jun 24, 2016

Church organizations encourage parents to take active role in helping children lead normal lives
Is Pope Francis' Armenia visit another step toward Christian unity?

Jun 24, 2016

Pope Francis’ visit to Armenia is a chance to build on decades of productive ecumenical dialogue with the Armenian Apostolic Church, a local Catholic bishop has said.
Iraqi refugees: Daesh, exile and the desire to meet with Pope Francis

Jun 24, 2016

The memory of a childhood "peaceful and without any major problems", spent in the family with the ordinary difficulties of every day, turned upside down by the fall of a regime that could maintain "stability", even if by using force.
Armenia: Pope Francis in continuity with Benedict XV

Jun 24, 2016

The 14th Apostolic journey abroad of Pope Francis is to Armenia, a landlocked mountainous nation which borders with to the west Turkey, to the East Azerbaijan, to the north Georgia and to the South Iran.
Hue: Catholic nuns and Buddhist women together to fight breast cancer

Jun 24, 2016

Every year, 4,500 Vietnamese women die from cancer. Over a ten-year period, the rate jumped by 69 per cent. Lack of preventive measures and financial means as well as social stigma deter people from seeking treatment. A group of Catholic nuns, medical practitioners and Buddhist volunteers organised a seminar to raise awareness about the problem, and allay fears about the pain.
Francis affirms the courage of the first Christian nation

Jun 24, 2016

June 24 saw only the second visit by a Pope to the tiny, landlocked former Soviet republic of Armenia, in a historic three-day trip.
Pope Francis to visit Armenia’s memorial to ‘Genocide’ victims

Jun 23, 2016

Pope Francis travels Friday for a three-day trip to Armenia, where he will visit the memorial to those who died in the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Turks, potentially straining relations between the Vatican and Ankara again.