Global Church News

European human rights court upholds church autonomy

Dec 12, 2015

A religious freedom legal group has praised a decision by the European Court on Human Rights, saying it protects churches from government interference.
UK Bishop of Arundel & Brighton issues Pastoral Letter for Year of Mercy

Dec 11, 2015

Bishop Richard Moth has issued a Pastoral Letter to be read in all churches in the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton at the weekend of 5th and 6th December 2015.
India: Worst floods in a century highlight importance of climate talks

Dec 11, 2015

With the worst floods in over a hundred years causing havoc in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Christian Aid’s Regional Emergency Manager South Asia, Ram Kishan, said it showed the importance of an ambitious outcome at the UN climate summit.
Four more priests charged in murder of seminary rector

Dec 11, 2015

Police in southern India have accused four more priests in the murder of a major seminary rector, while the family of the victim have demanded church officials remove the accused from the priesthood.
Political prisoners continue to languish in Philippine prisons

Dec 11, 2015

Philippine human rights groups have expressed alarm over what they say is a growing number of political prisoners in the country.
Indian Catholic churches cancel Christmas to aid flood victims in Chennai

Dec 11, 2015

Catholic churches in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are cancelling Christmas in order to divert funds to help victims of flooding in Chennai.
4 priests ordained on Immaculate Conception day

Dec 11, 2015

Four ordinary men who have extraordinary devotion to Mary officially became priests on Tuesday, Dec. 8.
Sri Lankan Catholics join in anti-corruption demand

Dec 11, 2015

Catholics have added their support for a corruption-free Sri Lanka and the amending of laws to enforce abuse of power and misuse of state resources by public officials.
Nepal's first bishop dies

Dec 11, 2015

Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, Nepal's first bishop who oversaw the growth of the Catholic Church through the nation's tumultuous recent history died Dec. 8. He was 78.
Anyone who speaks critically of the Pope is not risking their immortal soul

Dec 11, 2015

Some years ago now, I used to sit in the aula of the Gregorian University and listen to the lectures of Don Rino Fisichella, a Roman priest, who lectured on the credibility of Revelation.