Global Church News

Religion is essential to build national unity

Jan 29, 2016

The contribution of religions, which go beyond racial and ethnic divisions, is important for peace and reconciliation, said Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, archbishop of Colombo.
Cardinal Turkson to IEC: "The Eucharist and Care for Creation"

Jan 29, 2016

The President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Peter Turkson, sent a catechesis to the 51st International Eucharistic Congress taking place in Cebu, Philippines.
Lesotho delegate: IEC demonstrates active Mass participation

Jan 29, 2016

The biggest difference between African and Filipino Catholics discovered at the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) in Cebu, Philippines, is in the way Mass is celebrated.
Mindanao: Former MILF terrorists to join government against ISIS

Jan 29, 2016

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has set up a task force to counter purported efforts by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to recruit fighters in the restive southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
Patriarch of Moscow: pan-Orthodox Synod to be held in Crete

Jan 29, 2016

The pan-Orthodox Synod will be held in June 2016 in Crete, not Istanbul, and all the leaders of the autocephalous Churches will participate.
From slavery to model of mercy – the powerful story of Julia Greeley

Jan 29, 2016

Julia Greeley was a familiar sight on the streets of Denver in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
For Palestinian leader, Ban Ki-moon does not cause terrorism, occupation does

Jan 28, 2016

Bernard Sabella talks to AsiaNews about the row between the UN chief and the Israeli PM. For the Catholic intellectual, all forms of violence have to be condemned but the absence of a political solution and a vision of peace are accentuating the conflict.
Some 200 Indonesians join Islamic State as the authorities continue hunt for Jakarta bombers

Jan 28, 2016

At least 200 Indonesians have joined the Islamic State group in Syria in recent days, this according to Police Chief General Badrotin Haiti, who spoke before the Third Commission of Indonesia’s lower house.
Church leaders told to practice what they preach

Jan 28, 2016

A Filipino cardinal who is known to advocate for social justice issues told Catholics attending the International Eucharistic Congress in Cebu to "practice what you preach" and to love the poor.
Papal envoy tells dancing inmates not to lose hope

Jan 28, 2016

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, Pope Francis' personal representative to the International Eucharistic Congress in the Philippines, told a group of prisoners known as the "dancing inmates" of Cebu to "never, never, never, give up hope."