Global Church News

Repression of Papuans could spell trouble for Indonesia

Dec 07, 2015

Indonesian rights activists said the brutal response of police toward protesting Papuan students has incited hatred and could further strengthen the resolve among Papuans to demand independence.
The miracle that led 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' to convert to Catholicism

Dec 07, 2015

Sir Alec Guinness is one of the most recognizable actors of the 20th century. While he appeared in lots of films over the years and won many awards, he is best known as having played Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars.
We know how to reform Islam – it's time to actually do it, Muslims say

Dec 07, 2015

Islam needs a “reformation” that can only be achieved by Muslims speaking out against extremism and promoting human rights, said a panel of Muslim public figures on Thursday.
For Christians, martyrdom is a ‘never-ending story,’ says cardinal

Dec 06, 2015

For Christians, martyrdom remains a “never-ending story” that stretches from scriptural accounts of apostolic times to today’s “amphitheatre of YouTube”, Cardinal Donald Wuerl writes in a new book.
What does it really mean to observe Advent?

Dec 06, 2015

With the second Sunday of Advent approaching, the liturgical season of preparing for Christmas is well underway.
Military action frees 900 captives of Boko Haram, Cameroon official says

Dec 05, 2015

Cameroon’s government has said a multi-national military action has freed 900 hostages of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram.
In Chile, massive Marian pilgrimage to open Year of Mercy

Dec 05, 2015

The Preacher of the Pontifical Household’s first sermon for the Advent season was a striking reminder of the Christian’s need to love Christ and to see the Church as his body and spouse.
Jaro Religious takes vocation promotions to the streets

Dec 04, 2015

In today’s highly-modernized world, where religious life is becoming less of an option for young people, religious men and women in this archdiocese literally went to the highways and the byways to tell the youth that religious life is still very much alive and relevant as part of “Vocation Days 2015” from Nov. 23 to 30.
Priest's aid effort provide eduction in rural Cambodia

Dec 04, 2015

The non-profit organization AMATAK House of Cambodia founded by Fr. Fumio Goto of Kichijoji Catholic Church in Musashino in Tokyo has been building schools for children in rural Cambodia since 1995.
Ugandans give rapturous welcome to Pope Francis

Dec 04, 2015

From the moment he stepped off the plane at Entebbe airport, the Ugandans gave Pope Francis a rapturous welcome and in a thousand ways demonstrated their immense joy and happiness that he had come to visit them.