Global Church News

No, we didn’t hide money, Minnesota archdiocese says of abuse settlement

May 26, 2016

The Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis says his archdiocese has followed the law in its bankruptcy process, responding to claims by abuse victims that some assets were not made public.
Vatican official celebrates prayer day for China church

May 26, 2016

A top Vatican official has for the first time attended the Hong Kong observance of the World Prayer Day for the Catholic Church in China.
China’s Catholics increasingly embrace cyberreligion

May 26, 2016

The Internet in China currently plays a role in the lives of nearly 700 million people, and for some of them, it is used for religious purposes.
Vatican confirms World Meeting of Families to take place in Dublin in August 2018

May 26, 2016

The 2018 World Meeting of Families in Ireland is part of a broad programme of renewal of the Church’s pastoral care for all families, said Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin.
Burmese cardinal thanks Western Christians for support during oppression

May 26, 2016

Burma’s first cardinal has thanked the Christians of the West for helping to bring democracy to his country.
Previously unreleased writings by Mother Teresa to be published in August

May 26, 2016

A collection of previously unreleased writings by Mother Teresa will be published in August, weeks before the late Nobel Peace Prize winner is to be canonised.
Fifty years since the Cultural Revolution

May 26, 2016

When the grandfather of Sima Hui, the pen name of a Catholic priest in Shaanxi, worked as a doctor in the 1960s, two Red Guards would stand outside t
This priest in Cameroon evangelizes through soccer

May 26, 2016

Father William Cañón is a Colombian missionary in Cameroon who transforms into a soccer coach every Sunday, helping to bring joy to some 60 local children through sport and camaraderie.
For Iraqi priest, IS, violence and divisions have created a sense of brotherhood with Muslims

May 25, 2016

Fr Samir Youssef, pastor in the diocese of Amadiya (Kurdistan), has been taking care of 3,500 Christian, Muslim, and Yazidi refugee families since 2014.
The Church of Macao prays for China: Now is the right time for evangelization

May 25, 2016

In line with the Universal Church and as part of mainland China, the Diocese of Macao yesterday celebrated the Day of Prayer for the Church in China, established by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.