Global Church News

Chicago shrine seeks help to rebuild after devastating fire

Oct 09, 2015

Lenders charging exorbitant rates on payday loans in Arlington, Texas have a new force to contend with in their fight against regulation: the bishops of the Catholic Church.
New movement hopes to share the reality of marriage

Oct 09, 2015

A new group called the Marriage Reality Movement aims to help Catholics and others renew the vision of marriage in society.
African bishops throw swift punch at 'ideological colonization'

Oct 09, 2015

Heavy criticism of the West imposing secular values on Africa in exchange for aid emerged as a theme from the continent's bishops, as the Vatican's synod on the family kicks off its first week.
Gay Catholic group launches in Rome as synod gets underway

Oct 07, 2015

A group for gay Catholics launched in Rome just before the start of the synod on the family.
Synod15: Press briefing Oct. 5th

Oct 06, 2015

While acknowledging the Church needs to pastorally accompany struggling families, the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, says if people believe this means doing away with or changing Church doctrine in the Synod, they are mistaken.
ISIS destroys 2,000-year-old triumphal arch in Palmyra

Oct 06, 2015

ISIS militants have blown up the 2,000 year triumphal arch in Palmyra, it has been reported.The latest act of destruction was reported by Syria’s head of antiquities, Maamun Abdulkarim, who reported that the terror group had detonated a bomb they had laid several weeks ago.
This Catholic healthcare group is being sued for refusing to provide abortions

Oct 05, 2015

Trinity Health Corporations, one of the largest Catholic health care operations in America, is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union over its refusal to provide women with abortion services at their medical facilities.
'You are not alone' - Oregon bishops, priests support a community in shock

Oct 03, 2015

In the wake of a mass shooting at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon, members of a local Catholic parish are reaching out to offer sympathy, comfort and hope.
Ahead of the synod, LGBT activists lobby bishops. Here's what they want

Oct 03, 2015

As the Synod on the Family approaches, a well-funded LGBT activist coalition is lobbying bishops to revive controversial language from the debates of the 2014 extraordinary synod.
In wake of Pope Francis, bishops urge Congress to move on religious freedom

Oct 03, 2015

Citing Pope Francis, the U.S. bishops are urging lawmakers act quickly to pass a bill that would reauthorize the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, whose mandate expired yesterday.