Global Church News

Christians, Muslims in Thailand gather to promote harmony and peace

Apr 13, 2016

Catholic officials attended the inauguration of a new mosque in Bangkok earlier this week, in an effort to foster interreligious dialogue, and harmony between their communities in Thailand.
Pope: The doctors of the law : Have hearts closed to life

Apr 13, 2016

Those who use God’s word against the Word of God "close their heart to prophecy. They do not consider people's lives but only their own rules of laws and words” said Pope Francis this morning during morning mass at Casa Santa Marta.
Bulldozed for a shopping mall? What might happen to these Church ruins

Apr 13, 2016

Newly uncovered ancient ruins of Byzantine-era church are threatened by the construction of a commercial shopping mall in Gaza, with Palestinian Christians and archaeologists making desperate appeals to save a piece of history.
Al-Qaryatayn: 21 Christians killed by Islamic State, others still in the hands of the jihadists

Apr 12, 2016

The Christian victims in the hands of the Islamic state were killed at the time of the "siege" of Al-Qaryatayn and "weeks after" the seizure of power of the jihadists.
Mercy should not wait for guidelines, Filipino bishops say

Apr 12, 2016

"Mercy cannot wait. Mercy should not wait," said the Philippine Catholic bishops in response to the papal exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), released by the Vatican on April 8.
Bangladeshi Catholics vow to promote 'mercy in the family'

Apr 12, 2016

Married back in 1979 at the age of 13, Alo Rozario dreamed of having a happy family, but within a year her world came crashing down when her husband left her for another woman.
The Bible joins Fifty Shades of Grey on list of books most objected to at US libraries

Apr 12, 2016

The Bible is on the latest list of books most objected to at US schools and libraries, targeted nationwide, at times for the sex and violence it contains, but mostly for the legal issues it raises.
Amoris Laetitia is ‘a love letter’ to families, says head of US bishops’ conference

Apr 12, 2016

The president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has described the Pope’s latest apostolic exhortation as a “love letter to families” that invites all people to “never stop growing in love.”
For Card Gracias, Amoris laetitia is a huge gift to the Church in Asia

Apr 12, 2016

Card Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Mumbai and president of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences, spoke to AsiaNewsabout Amoris Laetitia.
Moscow Patriarchate and Catholics join forces to restore Syria’s destroyed churches

Apr 12, 2016

After the historic meeting in Havana between the Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow, the plight of persecuted Christians in the Middle East has become the focus of the first concrete act of cooperation between the two sister Churches.