Global Church News

Islamic moderates hold summit in Jakarta to promote peace in the Middle East

May 20, 2016

April 2-5, the Youth and Campus Ministry of Malacca- Johore Diocese organized a GIFT Tour and Exposure (GTX) to the Positive Living Community (PLC), a centre for refugees, patients with HIV and AIDS, and drug and alcohol addiction.
Stop theologizing, go to most needed places: Indian nun

May 20, 2016

The first Asian nun to lead the global congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame called on the heads of the world’s communities of Catholic women religious to stop “theologizing” about the needs of the poor and to instead get to work in the places most in need.
Helping the minority church in Laos

May 20, 2016

The people of Vangkama, Muanghom and Ban Namyan villages (Ban means village) are in need of USD55,000/ to purchase the materials to complete the construction and furnish their three chapels.
Group to end 12-year vigil at closed Massachusetts church

May 19, 2016

Former parishioners occupying the long-closed St. Frances X. Cabrini Church in Scituate, Massachusetts say they plan to end their continuous 24-hour vigil after the Supreme Court refused to hear their case, May 16.
Indonesian Catholics lukewarm to idea of women deacons

May 19, 2016

Indonesian church leaders said they welcomed opportunities for women to be more involved in the liturgy but stressed that the ordination of permanent
Still no resolution over Sri Lanka's missing priests

May 19, 2016

A Jaffna diocesan official is demanding an answer from Sri Lankan authorities as to what happened to Catholic priests who disappeared under suspicious
New hope emerges for Indonesia death row inmates

May 19, 2016

The death penalty in Indonesia will not be abolished but condemned inmates could avoid the firing squad if they show enough remorse for their crimes while awaiting execution, a government official said May 18.
A Christian water man marginalised for his religion gets his job back

May 19, 2016

The Christian water man who was dismissed from a girls’ high school in Partab Nagar (Faisalabad) because of his faith is back at work.
Both sides claimed victory in the Little Sisters' case. So now what?

May 19, 2016

While both sides say they are happy with the Supreme Court decision on the Little Sisters’ case, the long-term outcome remains to be seen, legal experts said.
Filipinos hesitantly welcome possibility of women deacons

May 19, 2016

Filipinos welcome the announcement by Pope Francis to study the possibility of allowing women to serve as deacons in the Catholic Church.