Global Church News

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  Lent in Indonesia: Life only changes if we are influenced by God

  Feb 18, 2016

  Lent in Indonesia is always characterized by a renewed commitment to charity in favor of the last.

  
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  Papal visit to Mexico: Visit to the penitentiary

  Feb 18, 2016

  Here is the full version of the prepared remarks from Pope Francis' address to inmates in Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 17, 2016.

  
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  Maharashtra: The diocese of Amravati appeals against farmers’ "genocide"

  Feb 18, 2016

  In Amravati (Maharashtra), the Catholic Church is leading the charge against poverty and other social evils that are decimating farmers in a virtual “genocide,” Mgr Elias Gonsalves, bishop of Amravati told.

  
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  Did St. Therese of Lisieux send roses to Pope Francis in Mexico?

  Feb 18, 2016

  When Pope Francis made a surprise stop at a cloistered monastery Sunday morning, he received a gift from the nuns who live there: a large bouquet of white roses.

  
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  Pakistan: Christians and Muslims divided on "State sermons"

  Feb 18, 2016

  The Catholic Church of Pakistan has received the bill introduced in the province of Sindh, that would place Islamic Friday prayer sermons under strict state control, with mixed feelings.

  
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  Juarez prepares for Pope's visit to U.S.-Mexico border

  Feb 17, 2016

  Pope Francis will travel to the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday, part of his week-long historic visit to America's neighbor to the south.

  
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  Large crowds to cross U.S.-Mexico border at El Paso to see pope

  Feb 17, 2016

  As many as 200,000 Catholics are expected to cross four bridges from El Paso, Texas into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on Wednesday to see Pope Francis in a massive pilgrimage likely to choke roads and immigration offices, U.S. officials said.

  
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  Jesus does not want you to be hit men, pope tells Mexican youth

  Feb 17, 2016

  Saying Jesus would never ask them to be "hit men", Pope Francis begged young people in Mexico's gang-infested heartland on Tuesday to shun the lure of easy money and big cars offered by drug traffickers.

  
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  Seoul’s Seosomun Catholic shrine to become a “culture park”

  Feb 17, 2016

  Seoul’s Jung District announced on Monday a 46-billion-won (US$ 38 million) project to re-develop the Seosomun Martyrs' Shrine.

  
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  Pope Francis loses his cool: Pontiff is filmed shouting at Mexico crowd for tugging him and making him fall onto a disabled man

  Feb 17, 2016

  The Pope has shown a rare sign of anger during his trip to Mexico after an eager crowd tugged his arms and caused him to topple over.