Global Church News

How Paul VI abolished the Index of Prohibited Books, 50 years ago today

Jun 16, 2016

Fifty years on, we publish a translation of the CDF’s 'Clarification' and 'Ordinance' regarding Paul VI’s Integrae Servandae
Cardinal Muller : "Charisms help the Church answer life's challenges"

Jun 16, 2016

The Church must give answers to the big challenges of the world of today. We have so much isolation in the youth, broken families, and so it is good to have these new movements
There's a generation that didn't know John Paul II – this film is for them

Jun 16, 2016

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square and around their television sets to pray for Pope John Paul II as he passed away on April 2, 2005.
Mother Teresa's sainthood, Nobel Prize flawed

Jun 16, 2016

Mother Teresa's planned sainthood is in an "uncharted" place as the miracle attributed to her was denied by the so-called cured person, says Britain-based author Aroup Chatterjee, whose work on the Albanian-born nun questions the very basis of her work in the City of Joy, for which she received the Nobel Peace Prize.
What Catholics are doing to help victims of the Orlando shooting

Jun 16, 2016

Following the mass shooting that claimed the lives of 49 in Orlando, Catholics have tried to be the hands and feet of Christ in showing mercy to victims and their families and loved ones.
Patriarchs call for liberation of Iraqi lands where Christians lived

Jun 16, 2016

In a joint statement, Syriac patriarchs said 'the wound of forced emigration is still bleeding'
St Claude de la Colombiere shows that a saintly spiritual director can make all the difference

Jun 16, 2016

Catholics who know the immense good that a spiritual director can have on a soul will have a ready appreciation for the role that St Claude de la Colo
Last priest survivor of Nazi prison camp dies aged 102

Jun 16, 2016

Fr Hermann Scheipers, the last surviving priest who was imprisoned in the notorious Dachau prison camp, has died in his home town of Ochtrup, Germany, at the age of 102.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen's beatification cause could soon be moving forward

Jun 16, 2016

The stalled beatification cause of Archbishop Fulton Sheen could soon resume, thanks to a petition by his family members weighing in on where he should be buried.
Prayer vigil after Orlando shooting offers unity, hope to mourners

Jun 16, 2016

Members of various religious communities came together Monday evening at a vigil to pray for the victims of the Orlando nightclub mass shooting and to comfort those who mourn.