Global Church News

After shooting, Catholics in north Minneapolis hope to pave path to peace

Dec 29, 2015

More than a month has passed since the November shooting death of Jamar Clark, a black man, by a white police officer.
The pope’s man in Washington

Dec 29, 2015

Cardinal Donald Wuerl is an eminently approachable churchman, and unfailingly polite, yet the archbishop of Washington is hardly the type to wear his emotions on his sleeve.
Trump ties Pope Francis as second ‘most admired,’ behind Obama

Dec 29, 2015

Americans’ most admired man and woman in the world are -- once again -- President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Planned Parenthood Exposes: Abortion Unmasked in the Video Age

Dec 29, 2015

Above the chatter and clatter of a Los Angeles eatery, Planned Parenthood’s senior director of medical services explained how she produced an abundant harvest of fetal body parts from a routine abortion.
For Indonesian Christians, the most fearful time of year – Johannes Nugroho

Dec 28, 2015

As Christians across Indonesia streamed into churches to attend Christmas masses and services this year, they couldn’t possibly miss the heavy security presence.
Meet the monks who decided to go green years before Laudato Si

Dec 28, 2015

Years before Pope Francis’ recent ecology encyclical was published, a Trappist monastery in Virginia went back to its spiritual roots by embracing environmental stewardship.
Nichols calls for end to religious violence as Cameron pays tribute to Britain's Christian roots

Dec 28, 2015

Cardinal Vincent Nichols used his homily for Midnight Mass to draw attention to the plight of Christians suffering persecution in the Middle East.
The strange tale of 5,000 relics finding a home in a Pittsburgh chapel

Dec 27, 2015

Nestled in a sleepy neighborhood in the hills rising over Pittsburgh lies a small chapel. Inside St. Anthony’s Chapel lies a piece from the Crown of Thorns, a tooth of St. Anthony of Padua, and more than 5,000 other verified relics, or remains, of saints from around the world.
Celebrations to be 'moderate' due to violence

Dec 25, 2015

The mass in Bethlehem this year will be dedicated to victims of violence and their families while celebrations should be "moderate" due to violence in the Middle East and worldwide, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land, Fouad Twal, has said.
Queen's Christmas message to focus on faith

Dec 25, 2015

Queen Elizabeth II will use her Christmas address to highlight the triumph of good over evil after a string of attacks in 2015 including the terrorist