Global Church News

Three murdered European priests beatified in Peru

Dec 08, 2015

Three European missionary priests killed by Shining Path terrorists in Peru in 1991 have been beatified.
The god of all things

Dec 07, 2015

Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni rises up out of the working class suburbs of the Indonesian city of Medan, like the apparition it is named after.
French-language journal focuses on the challenge of the one Church

Dec 07, 2015

The St Joseph University in Beirut hosted a conference marking the relocation of Christian Near East, a journal published by the Society of the Missionaries of Africa in Jerusalem since 1951.
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.